fertility
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5 Things That Could Be Impacting the Health of Your Sperm
Infertility is often thought of as a female problem but one in three IVF cycles in Australia involve male infertility.
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Why Don’t More People Donate Their Eggs or Sperm?
The demand for donor eggs and sperm outstrips supply in Australia. To find out what can make donor recruitment more successful, we surveyed 1,000 people about whether they had ever donated gametes (eggs or sperm) and if they hadn’t, we asked for the reasons why. Only eight people had donated their gametes. Of those who…
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Here Are Some Stats to Help You Decide if You Want to Freeze Your Eggs
Egg freezing is promoted as an empowering option for women who want to stop the biological clock and improve their chance of having a baby later in life. But they need to know it’s more like a lottery than an insurance policy. Fertility declines with age. To avoid age-related infertility, women increasingly turn to elective…
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Proactive Fertility Tests: I Confronted My Fears and Went Through the Process for You
Ever wondered what it’s like to get a proactive fertility test and learn about health options like egg-freezing? Here’s a first-hand account.