According to new research, Melbourne mothers were more likely to have a preterm stillbirth during lockdowns than they were in the previous two years.

Changes to surrogacy laws are the focus of a new review being conducted by New Zealand’s Law Commission, which is examining in particular what it refers to as the ‘legal confusion’ regarding legal parentage of babies born to surrogate mothers. Those advocating for a change in the law say that these babies can be left in “legal limbo” for the first few months of their lives because of the way the law currently operates.

A phenomenon we have covered before is the increasing pressure on women to consider freezing their eggs. It is advertised as a new solution to the ‘biological clock’ problem, the panic-inducing thought of women’s peak fertility window only lasting until around age 40. 

A single dad from Canada has welcomed his second child after spending $350,000 CAD ($378,000 AUD) on surrogacy.

After more than a year of living through the Covid-19 outbreak, Australians have reluctantly become accustomed to some of the restrictions on their liberty imposed upon them in a collective effort to curb the outbreak of the virus and minimise illness and loss of life.

It has been a good week for care and compassion in Australia.

How many surrogate babies are too many?

The term “doula” may be unfamiliar to many people but the role itself is an ancient one. Traditionally, a doula would “provide emotional, physical and information support to women throughout their pregnancy, birth and the early postpartum.” Modern doulas are professionally trained to equip them for this work.

An Australian surrogacy lobby group has seized on statistics released by the Commonwealth Department of Home Affairs to renew calls to legalise commercial surrogacy in Australia.

One in four pregnancies end in miscarriage.