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Monash IVF has completed its investigation into two embryo bungles.

Monash IVF keeping details of embryo mix-up a secret. Even the minister thinks that’s not good enough

The fertility giant claims because of patient privacy, it can’t release a review into two bungles which saw a woman give birth to a stranger’s baby and another implanted with the wrong embryo.

  • Grant McArthur

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IVF data breach affects many.

‘Emotionally devastating’: Victims of IVF data breach seeking class action

One of Australia’s largest IVF providers has sought to suppress details of how sensitive medical information was breached and put on the dark web for sale.

  • Kayla Olaya and Kate Aubusson
After trying increasingly experimental add-ons to boost her chances of conceiving via IVF, Deanna Carr, 26 turned her back on unproven treatments and is 37 weeks pregnant thanks to standard IVF.

Deanna tried IVF with the lot. None of the costly, unproven add-ons worked, so she went back to basics

The rampant use of IVF “add-on” services, with little to no scientific evidence they improve the chances of having a baby, is falling through the cracks of Australia’s fertility regulation, experts warn.

  • Grant McArthur
Alana Jones has frozen 50 of her eggs hoping to have a baby using mitochondrial donation to avoid passing on a rare genetic condition.

Would-be mothers to get ‘more transparency’ on what egg-freezing may do

As the IVF industry undergoes unprecedented scrutiny, and egg-freezing rates increase sharply, women want more transparency around the likely outcomes of the expensive procedure, specialists say.

  • Wendy Tuohy
Women shouldn’t be forced to choose between a secure retirement or having kids.

Having kids shouldn’t be a luxury. It’s time we cut the cost of IVF

Women shouldn’t be forced to choose between a secure retirement or having kids. Something needs to change.

  • Victoria Devine
Rebecca Featherstone in 2025, and with her mother, Judy, as one of the world’s first IVF babies. 

Rebecca was one of the first IVF babies. We now know how many there have been since

Despite the exponential rise in IVF families, experts warn the medical treatment is no panacea for nosediving fertility rates.

  • Kate Aubusson
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The high cost of IVF is driving people to informal sperm donation

Informal sperm donation is on the rise in Australia. So are the risks

Because of the informal nature of these arrangements, there is little oversight and even less data. But no woman should have to go through this kind of trauma in the pursuit of parenthood.

  • Neera Bhatia
Monash University’s Professor Mary Herbert with a colleague.

Healthy babies born to cutting-edge, controversial new three-person IVF technique

Eight babies have been born from a cutting-edge and controversial three-person IVF technique, Australian and British scientists have revealed.

  • Liam Mannix
Specialist IVF nurses employed by one of the state’s largest fertility clinics are preparing to walk off the job on Wednesday afternoon.

IVF nurses walk off the job at Queensland clinics

Staff unhappy with the company’s pay offer also say it is refusing to give Queensland nurses the same allowances their interstate counterparts enjoy.

  • Courtney Kruk and Catherine Strohfeldt

Victoria has had a new IVF watchdog for six months. So far, it has not taken any action

Despite high-profile bungles in the assisted reproductive technology sector, the new regulator is yet to carry out a single enforcement action.

  • Grant McArthur