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Coping with secondary infertility
Although it's not as common as primary infertility, it's estimated that as many as one in 10 couples experience secondary infertility.
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Ovulation
Understanding ovulation signs, symptoms & your cycle.
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Mum of three denied tubal ligation because she's 'too young'
A 22-year-old woman who is pregnant with her third child has had her requests for a tubal ligation denied because doctors believe she is too young.
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How so many of us can relate to Jennifer Aniston
"When are you going to have kids?" people would ask, at what ended up feeling like every turn I made. "Are you ever going to have a baby?"
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Couple overwhelmed by offers of egg donation
When Sophie Jennison went public with her fertility struggles, she did not expect the massive response she received.
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Does cannabis affect a man's sperm?
If you're pregnant or planning to be, tobacco and alcohol are high on the list of things not to use. But do we need an equally loud message about avoiding cannabis too?
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Womb scratching could double chances of a successful birth - but caution urged
Experts urged caution over new findings and stress that "endometrial scratch" was not a pleasant procedure.
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Dead man's testes removed after application by fiancee
A Toowoomba woman is one step closer to being able to have a baby fathered by her dead fiancé, after successfully applying to have his testes removed and stored.
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For half her life, doctors told her to lose weight - but something else was going on
She wasn't sure what to make of her irregular menstrual periods, but doctors didn't seem concerned.
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Winding back the biological clock
A breakthrough has given scientists hope that older women will be better able to conceive.
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To snip or not to snip? When the decision is not clear cut
Jamie Oliver, who considered a vasectomy, is to be a father again. A fellow dad reflects on his own decision 11 years ago
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'All my dreams of becoming a mother are slowly fading away'
I am over everyone asking me when we are going to have a baby, when we know it may not happen for us.
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Dad's emotional reaction to surprise pregnancy
Beth and Jamie Wilson had already travelled an emotional IVF journey to have their first child.
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