Donor Conception and Surrogacy
Family-building through donor sperm, donor eggs, donor embryos, and surrogacy arrangements.
All Donor Conception articles
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In Vitro Fertilisation · 29 min
Fertility Treatments and Technology: What's New in Assisted Reproduction?
A wide-ranging overview of modern IVF advances: embryo culture, vitrification, ICSI, genetic testing, AI embryo selection, microbiome research and mitochondrial transfer.
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Podcast · Knocked Up
Donor Conception and Surrogacy Lawyers! Why do you need them?
A family lawyer explains the role of legal advice in donor conception and surrogacy arrangements, covering agreements, parentage orders and expectations.
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Donor Conception and Surrogacy · 6 min
Understanding donor conception
Explains donor egg and donor sperm conception pathways for single women, same-sex couples, severe male factor infertility, and older women, including IUI, IVF and embryo donation.
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Female Fertility · 4 min
5 Misconceptions About Female Fertility
Dr Raelia Lew debunks common fertility myths covering egg freezing after 40, silent endometriosis, donor sperm for single or same-sex parents, donor eggs, and modern IVF.
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In Vitro Fertilisation · 2 min
An IVF baby at 62?
Dr Raelia Lew reflects on a 62-year-old Tasmanian mother's donor-egg IVF birth, discussing how IVF technology and access to donor eggs have changed over decades.
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Female Fertility · 4 min
Fertility over 40: a struggle against the tide
Dr Lew responds to an ABC Four Corners report on fertility after 40, discussing natural conception odds, IVF success by age, donor eggs, egg freezing and PCOS.
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