Family Planning and Fertility

Follow the links below to find Information on family planning, contraception, reproductive technologies, and fertility and infertility. For a range of information on these issues, you can also visit the following HealthInsite information partner sites:

Andrology Australia: quality information on male reproductive health [Andrology Australia]

The Jean Hailes Foundation [The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health]

Women's Health Queensland Wide [Women's Health Queensland Wide Inc

Women's Health Victoria [Women's Health Victoria (WHV)]
Updated March 2010



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Title:   Andrology Australia Forum 2010
Publisher:   HealthInsite Editorial Team
Description:   The Andrology Australia Forum 2010, takes place in just a week, and will discuss the implications of the first National Male Health Policy.
Date:   May 2010
Title:   Donor conception - telling your child
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   The use of science and medicine to help make a baby, called reproductive technology, may be the only way some people can have a child. When and how your child is told or finds out are most important.
Date:   May 2010
Title:   Animation: fertilisation of egg by sperm - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   View this animation of what happens to the sperm and the egg during fertilisation.
Date:   Apr 2010
Title:   Media release. Australian longitudinal study on women′s health looks at reproductive health
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The latest edition in the ongoing Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health has been released, focussing on women's reproductive health.
Date:   Jan 2010
Title:   Parenting after IVF treatment
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Personal accounts of conceiving with IVF treatment, with an overview of the challenges of IVF and common concerns of IVF parents.
Date:   Nov 2009
Title:   Varicocele - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   A varicocele is a collection of widened veins that occurs on the outside of the testicle. A varicocele usually affects only the left testicle.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Getting pregnant
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   An egg survives no more than 24 hours after ovulation; unless, of course, it is fertilised by a sperm. However, sperm can survive for longer within the genital tract (your vagina, uterus or fallopian tubes).
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Reproduction in men
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Sperm production occurs in the testicles. It takes around 70 days and requires a temperature 3°C lower than the body, which is why the testicles are housed in the scrotum. The only function of the male sex cell — the sperm — is to fertilise a female egg. This transmits the genetic material from the male to the next generation.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Licensing & compliance
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   This section of the site contains a comprehensive range of topics relevant to the NHMRC overseeing the use of excess ART embryos in Australia.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Stem cells, cloning and related issues
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   A primer on stem cells, the regulation of human embryo research and the prohibition of human cloning in Australia.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Delayed ejaculation
Publisher:   Andrology Australia
Description:   Delayed ejaculation and anorgasmia are used to describe the inability to ejaculate at will, so that ejaculation takes much longer than desired, or does not happen at all.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Policy and guidance
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   The NHMRC is Australia's leading expert body promoting the development and maintenance of public and individual health standards.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Information to be provided to support an application for in vitro fertilisation (IVF) solutions in Australia
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Summarises requirements for IVF solutions to demonstrate compliance with the Essential Principles for safety and performance of medical devices, or the Australian Medical Device Requirements (DR4, for devices containing material of human origin).
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   Assisted Reproductive Technology is the application of laboratory or clinical technology to gametes and/or embryos for the purposes of reproduction. All reproductive medicine units offering ART services should comply with the Ethical Guidelines in use of assisted reproductive technology in clinical practice and research.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   The male body
Publisher:   Andrology Australia
Description:   Contents: Anatomy overview, Sperm production, Fertilisation, Male hormones, Erection and ejaculation, The ageing male, Common disorders
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Women's health policy and program development in Australia: Student Factsheet
Publisher:   Women's Health Queensland Wide Inc
Description:   Outlines the development of the National Women's Health Policy, National Women's Health Program and the Queensland Women's Health Policy.
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Sexual reproduction - how babies are made
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   From puberty, if a male and a female have sexual intercourse (often called 'making love'), it is possible that the girl could get pregnant, ie. a baby could start to grow.
Date:   Jul 2010
Title:   Ethical guidelines on the use of assisted reproductive technology in clinical practice and research
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has released revised Ethical guidelines on the use of assisted reproductive technology in clinical practice and research (ART guidelines). The guidelines have been revised only to the extent made necessary by amendments made to the 2002 legislation by the Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Research Amendment Act 2006.
Title:   Human embryos & cloning
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   This section of the site contains a comprehensive range of topics relevant to research involving human embryos and the prohibition of human cloning.
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Sexual Development
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information on sexual development, including development during childhood, puberty, menstruation, menopause and sex in later life.
Date:   Sep 2006

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