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A Map Through Infertility
It’s a trying time for would-be parents, so wouldn’t it be nice to have a road map for the infertility process? One that will hopefully lead you TO fertility? Melissa Ford doesn’t promise she’ll get you pregnant, but her book Navigating the Land of If: Understanding Fertility and Exploring Your Options is one worth tak...
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Better Late…
Even though I know the Australian dream is bullshit, as a woman who has worked for the past twenty years in the entertainment industry, I have developed a really intense work ethic. Somehow working twice as hard as the men around me while taking ten times more crap led me to think that in all situations, if I just keep pushing, it'll all work out....
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Bye Bye Men? Scientists Create Sperm in a Lab
In a world first, scientists have succeed in creating human sperm from embryonic stem cells. The research is aimed at understanding and overcoming male fertility, but the project has much wider implications. Will two women be able to have their own biological daughter one day? One of the male tweeters I follow is already scared, heralding the...
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Fast-Tracking Fertility Treatments: Babies For All?
Good news may be on the horizon for childless couples who are weighing the option of infertility treatments. A method designed to fast-track fertility treatments may save couples money... and ensure a better chance that mum will get pregnant. The study in the newest issue of the journal Fertility and Sterility tracked women going through a stand...
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Knowing When To Stop Running In The Fertility Marathon
Tom Teicholz has written a really compelling, four-part series on male infertility over at yourtango.com. Actually, it’s not just about male infertility. The narrative starts out that way, but more than anything, his story is about travelling the twisting, seemingly endless road of trying to conceive a child, and all the ovulation tests, frustrat...
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Johanna Griggs: ‘IVF Won’t Work For Us’
Johanna Griggs has revealed that she and second husband Todd Huggins are unable to have children together. TV host Griggs has been asked constantly when she plans on having babies with her husband of two-and-a-half years. Finally, she decided to put the rumours to rest by revealing all to New Idea magazine. Read more...
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Anxious Wait for Infertile After Budget Announcement
Planned changes to the Medicare Safety Net for IVF services in last night's budget have drawn gasps of horror from infertile couples. According to Budget papers, from January 1, 2010, once a patient reaches the safety net threshold of $1,111.60 in out-of-pocket medical fees, or $555.70 for those on low incomes, safety net payments will be capped...
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