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Listen to interview: Sperm donor linking - Richard Aedy, Radio National VARTA CEO Louise Johnson and Riley Knight, a donor-conceived person, spoke to Richard Aedy from Radio National's 'Life Matters' about the issue of donor-conceived people having access to informtion abut their donor. Riley also talked abou what it was like to meet his donor, Roger Clarke. You can download the podcast of Riley and Roger talking about meeting and subsequent friendship.

This information sheet describes the most common techniques involved with fertility treatment, including ovulation induction, artificial insemination, in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD).This brochure is also available in other languages see above for translations.

When is the right time? Louise heard through a non-family member that she was conceived using donor sperm. At this time, Louise was 27 years old.

The Victorian Government has released a discussion paper, ‘A Right to Know Your Identity’, which outlines how the proposed changes will work in practice. It details how donor-conceived people will be able to apply for information, how contact preferences will apply, and how donors and donor-conceived people will be supported through this process.

The History of Donor Conception Records in Victoria was prepared for VARTA by Dr Fiona Kelly, Associate Professor in Law at La Trobe University, and Dr Deborah Dempsey, Associate Professor in Sociology at Swinburne University of Technology. The report was supported by the Victorian Government.

This information sheet describes the most common techniques involved with fertility treatment, including ovulation induction, artificial insemination, in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD).This brochure is also available in other languages see above for translations.

IVF treatment means that you have to juggle the treatment schedule with the work schedule, not always an easy task. Revealing the reasons why time of work taken must raise the questions: who do you tell when you go for IVF? And what are the anxieties involved in telling?

Couples describe the IVF treatment program as a journey with a lot of emotion. It can last for many months, even years. The emotional journey that Anne undertook had her balancing hopes against the realities. It became a struggle that often looked bleak.

For those embarking on IVF, it can be difficult to assess the success rates of different fertility clinics, as clinics measure their success rates in various ways. This brochure will give you an overview of how to interpret clinics’ success rate figures, factors that influence the chance of success, and important questions to ask your doctor.

Leading researchers and reproductive specialists discussed current research into whether we can create human sperm and eggs from stem cells and what this could mean for assisted reproductive laboratories and clinical practice in the future at the 2015 Twilight Seminar: Hope, hype or reality: can we make eggs or sperm from stem cells?