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All Together: The Family Science Insights PodcastDr. Karin Hammarberg: Fertility Awareness for Achieving Reproductive Goals | All Together #75Did you know that you don’t need to have sex every single day in order to get pregnant? This week on All Together: The Family Science Insights Podcast, host Marie Stella consults registered nurse Dr. Karin Hammarberg on what fertility awareness is, and how it can help couples achieve their reproductive goals.
With over 20 years of experience as clinical coordinator of IVF programs, Dr. Karin Hammarberg is currently a senior research fellow at Monash University. Her research interests primarily involve the promotion of fertility and preconception health, the psychosocial aspects of infertility and infertility treatment, as we...2025-03-281h 05
The BriefingCan I sell my eggs and sperm for a profit? Part 1Selling your sperm or eggs is illegal in Australia, and has been for a long time. Unlike other parts of the world, where you can make a considerable profit – in some cases up to $10,000 per egg cycle, and hundreds of dollars per sperm donation – in Australia we’re only able to participate in ‘altruistic donation’ of eggs and sperm, meaning donating with no personal profit and in a highly regulated system. But amidst a cost-of-living crisis and a shortage of donors, should we be rethinking these laws? In this two-part Briefing feature, Sacha Barbour Ga...2024-08-1118 min
KICPODDoes our fertility really fall off a cliff at 35? - with Laura HenshawFor many women in their 20’s and 30’s, the tick of the biological clock can be deafening. We’re told our fertility falls off a cliff at 35 years old, so if we want children, we’d better get moving. When you add on messaging around the desire to be a “young” mum to keep up with your children, this only adds to the pressure that many women feel to make a decision that they don’t feel ready to make. But what if women’s fertility didn’t fall off a cliff at 35? What if it was a gradual decline r...2024-05-2850 min
GudstjänstenJag skulle vilja våga troPrästen Ingrid Hammarberg predikar i gudstjänsten från Bygdeå kyrka. Församlingens vuxenkörer och musiker medverkar. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Vad betyder det egentligen att tro på Gud? Det frågar sig prästen Ingrid Hammarberg i gudstjänsten från Bygdeå kyrka i Västerbotten.Trons kraft ligger sällan i min absoluta övertygelse, utan i tillit, i förtröstan, i överlåtelse. De här stororden som är svåra att helt förklara men likväl livsviktiga, säger Ingrid Hammarberg.Församlingens vuxenkörer...2023-10-1512 min
Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E17 Dr Karin Hammarberg: Fertility: telling it as it isKarin is a senior research fellow in the school of public health and preventative medicine in Monash University. She is a registered nurse, and has worked for over 20 years co-ordinating IVF programs. Her PhD, which she completed in 2006, examined the experience of birth and mothering after assisted conception. Her main areas of research include fertility and preconception health promotion, psychological aspects of infertility and infertility treatment, health and development of children born as a result of assisted conception, infertility care in resource constrained settings and women’s health in midlife. In this episode we discuss the facts about fertility an...2023-08-3051 min
Ladies, We Need To TalkSolo mums by choiceIs the soundtrack to your life a ticking baby-making clock? What if you’re desperate to be a mother but the other half of the baby-making equation just hasn’t become available? Yumi Stynes meets women who have given the middle finger to the idea of the nuclear family and become solo mums by choice. From swiping for sperm; turkey-basting and solo sleep deprivation – find out what it’s really like to choose to parent on your own. Featured in this episode: Alexandra Collier – Author of Inconceivable Dr Karin Hammarber...2023-08-2132 min
The Why Wait Agenda PodcastHow can we know and protect our own fertility? The Why Wait Agenda meets Karin HammarbergApproximately one in every six people experience infertility in their lifetime. In this episode of The Why Wait Agenda podcast we discuss the main causes of infertility – a disease of the reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve a pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse – with Karin Hammarberg, an Australian fertility expert and Senior Research Fellow at Monash University.«Infertility, no matter if primary or secondary, is pretty devastating» says Hammarberg, a registered nurse with twenty years of experience as clinical co-ordinator of in vitro fertilisation program...2023-07-1941 min
Conceive BabyConceiving with Donor Eggs. What you need to know BEFORE making your decision - with IVF and Fertility Specialist Dr Raelia LewIn this episode of the Conceive Baby Webinar Series we discuss a very topical issue in fertility, and that's donor conception.
We now not only have donor sperm, we also have donor eggs and donor embryos.
In a previous episode I spoke with Louise Johnson and Karin Hammarberg from the Government Body VARTA about the legalities and your rights and options around donor conception and today we're going to discuss the actual process. What is involved in a donor conception from egg donation perspective.
Today I'm speaking with Dr Raelia Lew.
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Conceive BabyEmbryo Freezing. Your Rights and Options - with VARTA Louise Johnson and Karin HammarbergIn this Conceive Baby discussion we talk about quite a controversial topic in the fertility field.
A topic that’s received significant media attention, which has raising many questions and concerns from those going through or considering IVF treatment. Embryo freezing. Specifically what your options and rights are if you have ‘spare’ embryos.
There have been many concerning reports of embryos being 'stolen' and families torn apart. Here we get the facts you need to know.
I two experts in the field, Louise Johnson and Karin Hammarberg.
Louise is the CEO for th...2022-08-1431 min
Doing ‘IT‘#49 Assisted Reproduction. Dr Karin Hammarberg.In this episode Dr Karin Hammarberg explains what happens when people need medical help to make a baby. We talk about what has changed and what the future of fertility treatments might be.
Resources:
More about Dr Karin Hammarberg, Monash University. See VARTA for information about ART, including how to discuss this with children. FPV teaching resources and self paced online learning module teach ART to school students. For more information about FPV @ fpv.org.au.
2021-10-1325 minLadies, We Need To TalkLast shot pregnancyWhat happens if you want a baby but you're running out of time? Maybe you haven't found the right partner, or you've found the right one, but they don't want kids? You just can't seem to get pregnant or you're simply too busy having an awesome life and heaps of fun to have a baby. And then suddenly, your 'fertile window' starts to close.Yumi Stynes finds out what it's like to have one last shot at pregnancy.Featured in this episode: Dr Karin Hammarberg (VARTA), Senior research fellow, School of Public Health and Preventive...2021-06-1434 min
MEDBEROENDEPODDENFinns medberoende och kan alkoholberoende lära sig dricka måttligt – med Anders HammarbergAVSNITT 80
Anders Hammarberg är forskare vid Karolinska institutet och legitimerad psykoterapeut vid Beroendecentrum på Riddargatan 1 i Stockholm, där han möter klienter med alkoholproblematik. Genom att hjälpa personer att minska sin alkoholkonsumtion, hoppas han kunna fånga upp fler som har problem med alkoholen, vid ett tidigare skede, och på så vis motverka många av de negativa konsekvenser som problematiken kan ställa till med. Anders menar att beroendevården lätt kan kännas skrämmande och genom att visa att det finns en mellanväg kan klienterna själva få bestämma huruvida de har ett problem eller...2019-10-151h 32