Media Highlights
When are women having babies and how old is too old?
Our Commonwealth cousins, Australia and the U.K., are shedding new insight into when couples are having kids. Reports released by both countries this week confirm people are becoming first-time parents at an older age.
Ask an Expert: Infertility Awareness Week
Lynn Colliar - Global News Morning Weekend
Olive Fertility patient Merewyn Hines talks about her fertility journey
with Gloria Macarenko - CBC - On the Coast
Weekend Morning News 2: Health News
Some changes are coming in Ontario when it comes to fertility treatments and how much the government will pay for couples to access certain treatments. That move has some questioning whether or not certain changes should be made in BC.
Gay Male Couples Face More Hurdles on Path to Parenthood
Times, they have changed. In the 1970s, our understanding of reproduction had advanced enough that we could start to help infertile couples conceive. Fertility clinics opened and test-tube babies became a reality. Back then, the math of fertility was simple: Egg + sperm + uterus = baby. Heterosexual couples would go to a fertility clinic and their eggs, sperm and uterus would be assessed. The fertility doctors would hopefully fix the couple’s problem and sometimes a baby would follow.
Buying time: How egg freezing has moved into the mainstream
As more Canadian women turn to egg freezing to focus on building careers or as they wait for the right partner, the Globe’s Carly Weeks explores the fertility business, its procedures, and promises that might be too good to be true.