‘I am just so thankful’:The test that let little Mairead beat the odds
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Genetics

‘I am just so thankful’:The test that let little Mairead beat the odds

The findings of a landmark genetic study bolster calls for the federal government to establish a free expanded carrier screening program.

  • byKate Aubusson

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At 26,I don’t know if my donor father is dead or alive – or if I’m ready to find out
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IVF

At 26,I don’t know if my donor father is dead or alive – or if I’m ready to find out

Donor children now are born with a set of relationships with people known,yet to be known,and,for some,forever unknowable.

  • byLouis Taffs
Sam Kerr announces she is to become a mother
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Babies

Sam Kerr announces she is to become a mother

The Matildas star took to social media on Monday night to share the news that her partner,Kristie Mewis,is pregnant.

  • byRiley Walter
I plan to give birth in Trump’s America,knowing it could kill me

I plan to give birth in Trump’s America,knowing it could kill me

Access to a safe and legal abortion may be what saves my life in a risky pregnancy or childbirth. It’s no longer guaranteed in the US – and it is why many American women are stockpiling abortion pills.

  • byAmy La Porte
Like her own mum,Alice couldn’t birth her baby – but she can breastfeed her

Like her own mum,Alice couldn’t birth her baby – but she can breastfeed her

Inducing lactation is not often talked about. But here,Australia’s first IVF surrogate child – and her mum – discuss their experiences,36 years apart.

  • byAlice Clarke
Abortion back on election agenda after Greens push Labor to improve access
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Abortion

Abortion back on election agenda after Greens push Labor to improve access

An exclusive poll shows that voters across all parties want abortion laws left alone,after a messy political debate raised fears laws could be unwound.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos andOlivia Ireland
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This at-home ‘egg timer’ test is an Aussie first. What does it tell us about fertility?

This at-home ‘egg timer’ test is an Aussie first. What does it tell us about fertility?

A test purported to measure women’s fertility is on the rise,but some experts are concerned about its potential to create anxiety and fear given its inaccuracy.

  • byLauren Ironmonger
‘It was a revolution’:The forgotten Australian whose medical breakthrough saved millions of lives

‘It was a revolution’:The forgotten Australian whose medical breakthrough saved millions of lives

John Gorman is a miracle man whose discovery has finally been recognised by his homeland.

  • byAndrew Probyn andDanielle Post
‘No one had the staff to let me have a baby’:Women forced to drive hours to give birth

‘No one had the staff to let me have a baby’:Women forced to drive hours to give birth

A major NSW birthing hospital is repeatedly going on “bypass”,forcing pregnant and labouring women to travel hundreds of kilometres to Newcastle to give birth.

  • byKate Aubusson
‘Not doing anything is causing harm’:Call to allow pregnant women to participate in clinical trials

‘Not doing anything is causing harm’:Call to allow pregnant women to participate in clinical trials

Pregnant women have been systematically excluded from clinical trials for 90 per cent of medications available worldwide,and experts say it is putting them at risk.

  • byWendy Tuohy
‘Absolutely devastated’:Central Coast’s only private maternity service to close

‘Absolutely devastated’:Central Coast’s only private maternity service to close

Gosford Private Hospital is closing its maternity services. It’s the latest in a string of private maternity hospital closures amid rising private healthcare costs and declining birth rates.

  • byKate Aubusson