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The AMH test can assist people with making decisions about when to start a family.  Lisa Joe shares her experience of taking the AMH test and the journey that followed.  Dr John Peek (PhD) of Fertility Associates provides comment on the test.

When your first baby is conceived with ease, it can be heartbreaking when you can't fall pregnant a second time around.  Secondary infertility is more common than primary infertility and sadly affects one in six couples in New Zealand.  Dr Mary Birdsall, Medical Director at Fertility Associates' Auckland clinic writes for Littlies Magazine.

Fertility Associates supports a world first - a new website for children conceived from IVF.

Little Zoe Martis born 24th March 2010, is the 10,000th baby born with the help of assisted reproductive technology and Fertility Associates, New Zealand's first private IVF clinic.

The 10,000^th baby conceived at Fertility Associates with the help of assisted reproductive technology was born 24^th March 2010.  To mark the occasion, Fertility Associates decided to donate $10,000 in support of the Kakapo Recovery Programme. 

Some women are postponing motherhood well into their 30s, 40s, and even 50s - but now there is talk of a new frontier.  Overseas examples of motherhood later in life have spurred interest locally and Fertility Associates professionals outline trends in New Zealand.

We always hear having a child later in life can be full of problems - and it can.  But there are also plenty of cases where kids in later life are happy experiences.  Auckland fertility experts, including Dr Richard Fisher of Fertility Associates, discuss the pros and cons of trying to conceive later in life.

Dr Andrew Murray, Fertility Associates' Wellington clinic Medical Director, talks with Paul Henry of TV1's Breakfast Show about the DIY sperm test kit developed in the Netherlands.

The number of twins born in New Zealand has risen by more than 40 per cent in the past four decades and medical experts comment on the reasons behind the statistics.

Dr Andrew Murray, Medical Director, at Fertility Associates' Wellington clinic comments on a do-it-yourself sperm count test developed by Dutch scientists.