Preparing for Pregnancy more articles
Is your name on the way out?
MELANIE MAHONEY We often hear about baby names that are rocketing up the charts, but what about the names at the opposite end of the trends list?
Women learning they're going to be grandmas is the happiest thing you'll see all day
Staff writers One video compilation, shared on Facebook, features many women learning they're going to be grandmothers – and the clips are just gorgeous.
Listen up, dads: Obesity makes your sperm weird.
Rachel Feltman New research suggests that obese men have specific epigenetic markers on their sperm.
Trying to Conceive more articles
Why tweaking your pregnancy test isn't a great idea
JO HARTLEY I have been known to do tests early, and even multiple tests in one day, so I can relate to how tempting it could be.
Why pregnancy tests can show the wrong result
Brooke Tasovac Sometimes even modern pregnancy tests can get it wrong, giving false negative or positive results.
The myths and truths of gender swaying
Brooke Tasovac Here are a few popular methods hopeful parents-to-be use to try to get a baby of their preferred gender – and what an expert says about whether they really work.
Fertility more articles
Dad orders surrogate mother to abort baby
LETITIA ROWLANDS A man who is paying a surrogate mother to carry his child has demanded the woman abort a baby, or face financial ruin, after learning she is pregnant with triplets.
Kate Walsh: 'I can't have kids'
Grey's Anatomy star Kate Walsh has revealed she is unable to have children because she has experienced early menopause.
The baby whose father is his unborn uncle
LETITIA ROWLANDS A US man has learnt that his unborn twin brother is actually the biological father of his own baby son.
IVF more articles
Parents seek biological child after embryo mix-up
BEVAN HURLEY AND STEVE KILGALLON A New Zealand couple are seeking answers after their embryos were swapped in a mix-up at a Thai fertility hospital and their surrogate gave birth to someone else's child.
The contest that takes advantage of desperate couples
KERRI SACKVILLE who would use the pain of infertility as an advertising tool? Who would take the personal tragedies of infertile couples to promote their own business?
'We need sperm!': Couple's unusual Facebook plea
Nicole Lawton Two women have turned to social media to find the perfect DNA for their future baby.
Alternative Fertility Treatments more articles
Could male pregnancy be a thing in just five years?
Every woman who has used the "well, we have to go through childbirth" line to win an argument with a man may soon be set to eat her words.
The parasite that could boost fertility
Ariana Eunjung Cha The Tsimane women of Bolivia are often revered as among the most fertile in the world - on average having 10 children in their lifetimes -- but some are even more fertile than others.
Family considers suing cousin over secrecy about genetic condition
JULIA MEDEW A Melbourne couple is suing the Royal Children's Hospital for failing to diagnose a genetic disorder in their first child - an error they allege caused them to have another child with severe disabilities.
Adoption more articles
Victorian same-sex couples now allowed to adopt
Benjamin Preiss, State Politics Reporter Same-sex couples will be able adopt children but religious adoption agencies have retained the right to refuse to deal with them.
Cate Blanchett thought about adopting for years
Cate Blanchett says her recent adoption of a baby girl had nothing to do with wanting a daughter after having three sons.
Australians get green light to adopt from two more countries
JUDITH IRELAND Australians will be able to adopt children from Poland and Latvia under changes to overseas adoption announced by the Turnbull government.
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