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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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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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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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Couple's 'last try' results in miracle twins
Most parents are surprised when they find out they are having twins, but Krystal and Luke Findlay had more reason to be shocked than most.
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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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