Fertility
The extraordinary way these sisters came to be in the world
Natalie Lovett did everything to conceive her daughter, then made the extraordinary happen in order to give her siblings.
'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.
IVF
Finally, some solid statistics on IVF success rates
IVF doctors will be able to provide women helpful statistics about their chances of giving birth based on their age and the number of treatment cycles.
IVF does not increase risk of divorce, study finds
IVF is a lot of things, but one thing it's not is a cause of divorce.
Crisis? What crisis? Why women are really freezing their eggs
That so many women are freezing their eggs isn't a sign of crisis.
Adoption and Fostering
Singles could adopt in shake-up to match 'modern family'
Changes to Victoria's adoption laws could give single people the same rights as married couples.
'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.
Surrogacy
Couple wanting Maori baby 'inundated' with egg donor offers
Nelson and Baden Marino-Hall want to have a baby with Maori heritage - and women across Australia and New Zealand have vowed to help that happen.
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.