There is no way around the shortage of egg or sperm donation!  Or is there?  I have to wait near 2 years or find my own egg donor!  Or do you? You've tried everything and now you don't know where to go.  You're at a crossroad and you're thinking about donor egg but there is a shortage, what do you do?  What if there was a way that you could achieve your family goals and dreams, but it involves leaving your home country.  What if I also said it was cost effective?  Would you consider it? My role is provide all the information you need so you can decide what pa ..read more

I'm not sure what you thought about when you were growing up.  I dreamt of a veil, getting married and then having kids. That was the dream and I didn't think about another way, why would I? No until I met my husband and because of aggressive cancer treatment it leave him infertile, not able to have his own children, and so we researched into sperm donation.  If it wasn't for the gift of sperm donors we wouldn't have been able to have a family.   This episode raises the issues of a declining donation list in Australia and I speak with a sperm donor to understand why he donated a ..read more

Shhhhh! Do you feel like that sometimes when you hear the word thrush or yeast infection?  What about bacterial vaginosis (BV)? Open the floor and swallow me up!  However it's a common in women's health and yet we don't discuss it, perhaps we don't feel the need to discuss it because there's lots of over the counter medication we can purchase.  Or is it just like fertility, miscarriages, abortion and other women's health are taboo subjects?  I'd like to change that of course, so I speak with Cassandra Woollett to open up the convestation. Cassandra is a Fertility Educator a ..read more

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers past, present and future.  Mother's in waiting I see you and stand with you as you keep your vision in alive and guarded.  Mother's Day, at times, can't be possible without the generosity of donors to make it happen and so I speak to Dr Melissa Cameron from Melbourne IVF to discuss the gift of egg donation and the shortage and how education is the key and who can donate. · Melissa trained in obstetrics and gynaecology at the Mercy Hospital for Women, obtaining her Fellowship in 2006. This included fellowships in paediatric and adolescent gynaecology ..read more

National Infertility Awareness Week was filled with lots activities, where people from around the world shared their stories and walked their journey with us all.  It was a powerful week. While NIAW has come to a close raising awareness doesn't stop, we still have to reach out and support women and men going through some tough times to achieve their family dreams and vision.   I'm so grateful for 89.9FM TheLight to support #niaw and have me on their show to share my journey and how supporting the fertility community is imperative.   All About Fertility Virtual Expo 2021 will be ..read more

My guest Akua Ankrah aka Jane Ankrah, is a fertility advocate who is passionate about; Educating people about infertility with an aim to de-stigmatise people’s approach and thoughts to infertility. Helping people realise their dreams of being parents in which ever form they choose. Educating women to advocate for themselves, and, finally, Advocating for infertility causes such as insurance coverage. She's a mother to two lovely girls and mom to a schnoodle dog son Buddy Ankrah, her girls were born out of IVF and surrogacy. Akua says... "As IP’s ( intended parents) we had an amazing journey a ..read more

If you're trying to have a family via assisted reproductive technology goal is to have healthy embryos that implant into the uterus which turns into a healthy baby. Have you ever wondered once the egg and sperm are in the lab who is behind the magic?  Meet Lucy Lines.  She's an Embryologist turned Fertility Project Manager and Guide, creator of Two Lines Fertility, wife, and mother of 2 little people. She helps women and couples who are trying to conceive to create the families they are dreaming of,  and (if they need it) helps them to understand the overwhelming field of assist ..read more

All About Fertility Podcast gave the reins to Access Australia CEO, Maree Pickens, as we discussed the new government website Your IVF Success with Prof. Georgina Chambers, Director of the National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit (NPESU) at UNSW and A/Prof. Peter Illingworth an Infertility & IVF /Reproductive Endocrinology specialist. Maree Pickens is the volunteer CEO of Access Australia’s National Infertility Network. With a Bachelor of Science from the University of Western Australia, she spent the first 20 years of her working life in the biomedical industry and the next 15 ..read more

Saara Jamieson is the co-founder and co-inventor of Cool Beans Men’s Health Underwear.  Together with her husband Jordan, Saara has experienced fertility issues and has undergone fertility treatment in the past before her successful pregnancies.  Happily, she is now the mother of two young children. Saara earned her Bachelor of Science from the University of Queensland, majoring in animal and veterinary bioscience.  As a result of her own fertility journey, her university studies, previous work as a medical researcher at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research and her work ..read more

Belinda Kirkpatrick, the author of ‘Healthy Hormones’, is an expert Naturopath and Nutritionist with over 15 years of clinical experience. Belinda specialises in women’s health and is especially passionate about hormonal health, fertility management, miscarriage prevention and menopause. Belinda is known for her extensive knowledge of natural and conventional treatment in addition to her evidence-based approach to integrative healthcare. Belinda is the creator of several online courses including the 7-Day Nutrition Reset, 14-Day IVF Support Program and Five Weeks to Fertility. These programs h ..read more