Women will now be better informed when it comes to deciding whether it’s worth undergoing another round of IVF.
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Thinking about trying for a baby? Then now is the time for you and your partner to “spring clean” your food and lifestyle habits.
In pregnancy, immune cells help the uterus tolerate and nurture the embryo despite it carrying foreign genes from the father. In most women, suppressing immunity will likely cause more harm than good.
A century from now you’re likely to be considered a risk taker if you opt for natural conception and birth rather than IVF and artificial wombs.
Clinics aren’t compelled to disclose their success rates, so it’s impossible to compare all clinics. Even when they do, the pretty graphs on clinic websites can be difficult to understand.
Historically, donors were told it was best they were anonymous, while recipients were told it was best not to tell their child.
Freezing young men’s sperm might remove worries about them fathering children in later life, but do we really want the state routinely meddling in conception?
Calls to freeze every 18-year-old’s sperm might be drastic but men need to realise it’s a myth that there’s no limit to their fertility.
Often emphasised in discussions about children’s best interests is the idea that certain ways of having and raising children are “natural”. For example, this word appears frequently in reference to how…
Chromosomes and genes contain the blueprint for your physical characteristics. But your parents’ health and diet before you were conceived can also affect how your genes are expressed – and impact your…
A man’s seminal fluid, not just his sperm, plays a critical role in the conception, development and future health of a child…
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics AO, University of Newcastle
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Institute Manager, Órama - Institute for Mental Health and Wellbeing, Flinders University
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Academic; Consultant (Health Law), University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Bioethics, Australian National University
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Director Nurture Fertility, The Fertility Parnership and Reader/Associate Professor in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, University of Nottingham, University of Nottingham
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Professor in psychology, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Flinders University
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Professor of Reproductive Medicine, Queen's University Belfast
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Conjoint Lecturer, University of Newcastle
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Monash University
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Professor and Director, Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology, University of Southampton
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Professor, Director of the National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit, UNSW Sydney
