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Polycystic ovary syndrome: symptoms, treatment and your fertility
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common female hormonal condition, affecting roughly one in 12 Australian women.
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Ovulation
Understanding ovulation signs, symptoms & your cycle.
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When is the right time to start a family on your own?
Nina Davenport always wanted to be a mother. And she believed that after age 42, it would be nearly impossible to become pregnant.
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Red wine a fertility boost for some women, study finds
A daily glass of red wine could help boost fertility in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), according to a new study.
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Couples desperate for children turn to crowdfunding fertility
Humans, like other animals, live to reproduce. And when they can't, they're willing to pay a lot for a helping hand. Some use credit cards and even loans to pay for expensive rounds of In Vitro Fertilisation.
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How a patient's 'crazy' request for a new womb made history
It was an audacious question from a young Australian cancer patient which led to the world's first womb transplant two decades later.
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Your sweat could tell you when to make a baby - and more
You are ovulating. You are dehydrated. Your cholesterol is too high. Or too low. You are depressed, stressed or your muscles are cramping. Time to get off the golf course and get the heart checked. Or keep playing, you are fine.
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Hold the eggs: Scientists working on a new way to make babies
The landmark experiment on mice could pave the way for a baby to be born from the DNA of two men.
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Is ovulation pain normal?
Despite it being a common experience, ovulation pain isn't necessarily something you just need to put up with.
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New internal monitor helps women predict ovulation
When a couple is trying to conceive it is easy for a woman to become obsessed about when she ovulates.
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Understanding the psychology of fertility
One in six Australian couples is affected by infertility. But even that large number isn't the full picture of fertility issues experienced by women and couples.
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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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