Fertility

What not to say

The woman grabbed my hand and said, ''It's a tragedy you never got around to having children. It's the most wonderful thing a woman can do."

Womb transplant patient loses baby

A woman who was the first to have a successful womb transplant from a dead donor has had her pregnancy terminated after the embryo showed no heart beat, doctors in Turkey said

Freezing your eggs

Women in their early 30s should start thinking about freezing their eggs now, fertility experts say.

IVF: Waiting game

An IVF journey

The morning after egg collection I received the all-important phone call, telling me if my eggs had fertilised overnight.

Older mums

Fleur is a first-time mother at 41. She knew that fertility declines after the age of 35 but simply wasn't ready earlier.

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Charting your ovulation

I am ashamed to admit it, but at 28 years of age, I actually had little idea how my reproductive system worked.

First womb transplant success

The first woman to have a successful womb transplant from a dead donor is pregnant, offering hope to other women who were born without wombs.

Oh baby it's you

Watch astonishing video from fertilisation to the first cell division in a new glimpse into a potential baby's first days as an embryo.

'Test-tube baby' pioneer dies

Robert Edwards, known as the father of IVF for pioneering the development of "test tube babies", died aged 87 after a long illness.

When the clock strikes 40

Nina Davenport had a baby, alone, at 42 - and made a film about it. She shares her story.

Going in for the snip

When her husband finally agrees to a vasectomy, Sharon Stephenson goes along too.

The egg timer test

Fertility is an elusive beast. Rather than 'counting my chickens' and merely assuming my egg stores and fertility were OK, I wanted to count my eggs. Literally.

Eggs shipped to Australia

Australians have started paying A$19,000 ($26,300) to import eggs from American women under a new deal.

Healthy sperm seasonal

New research has shown that human sperm is at its healthiest in winter and early spring - swimming faster with fewer abnormalities.

An IVF journey

Undergoing IVF means giving yourself daily injections, coping with drug side effects, mood swings, emotions and much, much more, all while carrying on the rest of life's obligations.

Ins and outs of acupuncture

I am not a fan of needles, but research has shown acupuncture can help with infertility, so I decided to give it a go.

Infertility info day

Are you struggling with infertility and want to talk with people who understand what you're going through, and experts who can help you with your journey?

Natural fertility gets a facelift

While the internet certainly helps when it comes to getting information about fertility, sometimes it helps to speak to someone face-to-face, Natural Fertility's relaunched site offers professionals and the public information on how to manage fertility the natural way.