Queensland Fertility Group Blog

Through Queensland Fertility Group’s blog you can read about new developments with regards to our fertility treatments, learn more about common fertility issues, and find out QFG’s views on hot topics in the news. We hope that you find it informative and encourage you to Contact Us if you have any questions. Official media releases are also available through our Latest News section.

Our blog also has contributors from Queensland Fertility Group’s partner clinics, IVF Australia and Melbourne IVF.

Children of IVF parents as healthy as those conceived spontaneously

20/02/2014

In 2007 a local Melbourne paediatrician approached me curious about whether girls conceived through In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) and other Assisted Reproductive Treatments (ART) enter puberty earlier than those conceived spontaneously.

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AMH: Is time up for the egg timer test?

06/12/2013

Recent media coverage has drawn considerable attention to the anti-Mullerian hormone or AMH test. The discussion was around whether this ‘egg timer test’ was worth doing or whether its time had run out.

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Sperm Donation: Giving the gift of life

29/11/2013

The recent SBS Insights Program is to be congratulated for exploring the complex issue of sperm donation in Australia. ”Insights” presented various aspects of this emotional, sensitive and often misunderstood path of creating a family.

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Post mortem sperm retrieval – a matter of life and death

16/11/2013

Further to his interview on Channel 9’s 60 minutes programme, Dr Ben Kroon of Queensland Fertility Group discusses the topic of post mortem sperm retrieval. Thankfully for the vast majority of people, post mortem sperm retrieval will never become a reality.

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Egg Freezing - No insurance policy, but is it better than doing nothing?

31/10/2013

This week’s Australian Bureau of Statistics announcement that the average age of mothers is 30.7 with the number of teenage mothers the lowest in a decade and the number of over 40 year old mothers increasing raises the issue of how to protect and preserve a woman’s fertility.

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Snapshot of Fertility in Australia

29/08/2013

There have been a number of happy and high profile stories in the press recently about older celebrities giving birth to healthy children. Stories like this used to be extraordinary, but they certainly seem to be on the increase.

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Behind the headlines – 'Three-person IVF'

09/07/2013

Last week there was worldwide press coverage about a decision taken by the UK government to support three-person IVF. The decision will see the UK government produce draft regulations later this year, with the procedure potentially being offered within two years.

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Embryoscope: the latest in early stage embryo development

22/05/2013

Investigations into the early development of embryos using time-lapse photography are helping to predict which patterns of embryo development are associated with the best outcomes for patients.

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Natural Killer Cells : an emerging possibility

17/12/2012

Last year, at The Fertility Society of Australia’s annual conference in Auckland, I presented some research into one of the currently controversial areas of reproductive medicine – the role of natural killer cells in pregnancy.

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Fertility Preservation: Hope for the future

22/11/2012

Last week, 60 Minutes featured a story on ovarian tissue grafting, a procedure that is attracting more attention for its ability to preserve a woman’s fertility until later in life.

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Children of IVF parents as healthy as those conceived spontaneously

AMH: Is time up for the egg timer test?

Sperm Donation: Giving the gift of life

Post mortem sperm retrieval – a matter of life and death

Egg Freezing - No insurance policy, but is it better than doing nothing?

Snapshot of Fertility in Australia

Behind the headlines – 'Three-person IVF'

Embryoscope: the latest in early stage embryo development

Natural Killer Cells : an emerging possibility

Fertility Preservation: Hope for the future

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