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NEWS ENDING 1 NOVEMBER 2011

Monday 31 October 2011 saw the 7 billionth baby born. There is a lot of discussion about the merit of celebrating the 7 billionth member of the world’s population. Environmental impact, social impact, cultural impact, economic impact, agricultural impact, health and medical impact. It’s a lot of information to try and take in especially when [...]

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NEWS THIS WEEK 17 OCTOBER 2011

My weekly news wrap is back after a few weeks hiatus and the first story is one I heard this morning. New drugs offer hope of life to 150-plus Now I don’t usually get ranty. I get opinionated, I question, I like to stretch my position on topics but today I’m going to get ranty; [...]

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THE GENDER BALANCE PLOT THICKENS….

A few weeks ago I blogged about a Melbourne woman, who wanted a girl so desperately, she was willing to travel to Thailand to undergo a sex selection IVF procedure. My good friend Lachy and I were playing hypotheticals in the comments section of that post. Simply, Lachy has reservations of legalizing gender selection using [...]

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BOY OR GIRL: IT DOES MATTER

The gender of a baby does matter to some mothers. Gender Disappointment is real. All you have to do is google ‘gender disappointment’ or ‘choosing the sex of your baby’ and you’ll find many hits for both topics. The reality is, parents would like to be able to choose the sex of their baby and [...]

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IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK…

Here are some news stories this week that were an interesting read. The first Multiple Births to Cash Strapped IVF Mums on Rise discusses Medicare cuts to IVF patients has seen couples implant multiple embryos to increase the chance of pregnancy.  Even though carrying multiple babies is more dangerous couples feel they have no choice. [...]

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