Fertility
Women exercising and under-eating their way to infertility
An increasing number of women are putting their fertility at risk by taking clean eating and exercise regimes to the extreme.
How anxiety can affect your chances of getting pregnant
The effects of anxiety are still being explored and there is still so much to learn, but new evidence shows that it can decrease your chances of getting pregnant. It's a catch-22 for those who have had trouble conceiving – trying to get pregnant can often make anxiety worse.
IVF
How it felt to hope for a miracle
'It eats me up that options may soon be available that will come just too late for me.'
The research that could finally improve IVF's success rate
Scientists in Melbourne’s are working on potential new medicine to tackle plateauing success rates of embryos that stick.
A letter to my lost embryo
Christiane Gurner fights to keep hope and trust alive in her quest for a baby.
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
The surrogate mother who unknowingly gave away her own baby
Jessica Allen conceived her own baby when already pregnant.
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.