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One in six couples experience trouble conceiving, and we are working towards a future where everyone in the community has the opportunity to create a family. Our Fertile Minds blog provides fertility related information authored by our leading minds from across the Virtus Health group. Here you can find the latest research, studies and fertility related information to help you understand fertility - from planning right through to treatment and technologies.

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*All opinions expressed on the blog belong to the individual doctors, scientists and specialists, not the Virtus Health group.

Showing blog articles tagged with IVF

Chubby cheek baby

26 October 2018

Every parent wants the best for their children. For some parents, this can translate into a tendency to believe their child is super-smart. Why?
Dr Lyndon Hale

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Dr Lyndon Hale

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17 July 2018

These 4 fertility doctors all went through IVF. Here’s what they learned. Read more on our fertility blog.
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Virtus Health

Embryologists looking at embryos with embryoscope

22 May 2018

Embryoscope at IVFAustralia helps monitor the development of embryos using photography and technology
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Dr David Edgar

Solemn woman drinking tea by the window

6 January 2017

Read about preimplantation genetic screening (PGS), preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and embryo screening on our Fertile Minds blog.
Dr Fleur Cattrall

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Dr Fleur Cattrall

Comparing IVF

15 August 2015

Do Asian & Caucasian women respond the same to IVF?
Dr Andrew Kan

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Dr Andrew Kan

Family

7 May 2015

For couples who have had IVF treatment, they might need to decide what to do with excess frozen embryos
Dr Melissa Luckensmeyer

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Dr Melissa Luckensmeyer

trying

6 March 2015

We offer comprehensive donor programs that can assist lesbian couples or single women to conceive using donor sperm and support gay couples through surrogacy.
michael chapman

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Prof. Michael Chapman

IVF success rate

4 November 2014

interest in a clinic’s IVF success rates. But what do these figures really mean and how do you compare them between clinics
Peter Illingworth

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Assoc. Prof. Peter Illingworth

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22 July 2014

Five things you need to know about using donor sperm, eggs and embryos
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Dr Susan Winspear

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19 June 2014

Current study: Can acupuncture support IVF treatment?
prof gavin sacks

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Assoc. Prof. Gavin Sacks

Solemn woman drinking tea by the window

12 April 2014

The media is increasingly full of stories showcasing the latest 50 year old mum, or the celebrity who has undergone IVF.
Leita Fien

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Leita Fien

Will IVF children be as healthy?

21 February 2014

In 2007 a local Melbourne paediatrician approached me curious about whether girls conceived through In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) and other Assisted Reproducti
A/Prof John McBain

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Assoc. Prof. John McBain