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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.
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Same-Sex Couples Wanting to Fall Pregnant – Why use a Fertility Clinic?
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.
The extraordinary gift of sperm donation in Australia
3 February 2015
Making a sperm donation is one of the most generous things a man can do, as it gives others the chance to have a baby. To find out more, visit our website.
Understanding IVF success rates
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
Third-party reproduction
22 July 2014
Five things you need to know about using donor sperm, eggs and embryos
Current study: Can acupuncture support IVF treatment?
19 June 2014
Current study: Can acupuncture support IVF treatment?
15 years of IVF patients – how have women changed?
12 April 2014
The media is increasingly full of stories showcasing the latest 50 year old mum, or the celebrity who has undergone IVF.
Fertility Preservation: Hope for the future
23 February 2014
the procedure is used to help women preserve ovarian tissue and hopefully eggs
Children of IVF parents as healthy as those conceived spontaneously
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
Post mortem sperm retrieval – a matter of life and death
17 November 2013
Thankfully for the vast majority of people, post mortem sperm retrieval will never become a reality. Read more about this topic on our Fertile Minds blog.
There’s a sperm donor shortage in Australia – but only 20% of men know about it
8 June 2013
While the majority of Australians are aware of the need for blood and organ donation, the requirement for sperm donors is largely unknown.
Advanced Embryo Selection Increases IVF Pregnancy Rates
24 September 2012
Advanced Embryo Selection Increases IVF Pregnancy Rates