Fertility
'Flushing' blocked fallopian tubes can improve fertility, study finds
A technique that effectively "unblocks" a woman's fallopian tubes by flushing them with liquid to help her conceive has been used for decades, with varying levels of success. Now a study has confirmed that the method significantly improves fertility, and that a certain type of fluid – one that is oil-based rather than water-based – shows strong results.
Use of 3D-printed ovaries results in live mice births
Infertile women have been offered new hope after scientists created ovaries on a 3D printer and used them to produce healthy offspring.
IVF
The lowlight of my IVF journey: these slippery, slimy, waxy little devils
WARNING: this is going to get messy, gross, personal and involve way too much info.
There is nothing harmless about sex selection
Parents who wish to choose their child's genitals are perpetuating harmful myths about gender, writes Cat Rodie.
The long journey to our $250,000 family
Kasey Hincksman's journey to motherhood was a long and expensive one. She told her story to Emma Levett.
Adoption and Fostering
'Our greatest joy comes from their greatest heartache'
Deana grew up always wanting a large family and was devastated when she and her husband couldn't conceive.
One mum's secret Mother's Day tradition after adopting her sons
Mother's Day is a time to celebrate all mums, and this mother has found a way to celebrate and appreciate her adopted sons' birth mothers each year.
Surrogacy
Surrogacy - 'March 29, 5.02am, 3.7 kilograms' - the joyful gift of life
Carla Pincombe's first instinct after giving birth seven weeks ago was not to hold the baby.
Surrogate babies born in Cambodia stuck in limbo waiting for visas to leave for Australia
Up to 10 surrogacy-born babies with Australian biological parents are stuck in legal limbo in Cambodia after a crackdown on commercial surrogacy there last year.
This big sister is giving birth to her little sister's twins
Born 13 months apart, Morgan Williams and her sister, Maggie Paxton, grew up almost as close as twins.
Aussie grandma tells: 'I gave birth to my own grandson'
Claudia Luca, 31, was unable to conceive children naturally.
Innocence lost in the barren lands of Asia's baby farmers
She is three months old now, living in a brand new double-storey house in a quiet street in a southern Melbourne suburb with her biological father.
Surrogacy: Who can have your baby in Australia?
There are lots of stories about the rich and famous who've had to rely on surrogacy to have a child, Nicole Kidman, Sarah Jessica Parker and Elton John to name a few.