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“We were lucky in that it didn’t take us too

long to get pregnant. It actually made sex

more fun – there wasn’t really anything

stressful about it. But, of course, I think it was

the one time we weren’t focused on getting

preggo that it happened. It was on a weekend

trip to Melbourne, after an incredibly hot day

and too many wines by the Yarra. Six weeks

later, I was knocked up and super excited.”

“It took us 14 months to conceive, so I was

about to start panicking. I realised we had to

put in more effort. I’d already worked out

when I was ovulating (from counting the days)

and we were already having sex at some point

around then. But I needed a militant approach.

Next time I ovulated, I made my husband have

sex with me every day for five days straight. It

was definitely not some pinnacle moment of

loving sex. It was functional. But hey, it worked.

The next month I was pregnant. With twins.”

BY TWO WOMEN WHO HAVE HAD BABIES

WHAT BABY-MAKING

SEX IS LIKE

FERTILITY PROBLEMS

Of those who have fertility

problems, the percentage of

women who conceive varies

with the type of condition,

the severity of the problem

and treatment used.

A common option is in

vitro fertilisation (IVF), which

is the process of placing egg

and sperm together outside

the body. Once the egg is

fertilised, it’s put inside the

woman’s uterus, where it will

hopefully stick to the lining

of the womb and grow. For

women aged 30 to 34, the

clinical pregnancy success

rate (within five rounds) of

IVF is 51.7 per cent. Every

cycle of IVF costs about

$8500 upfront, and Medicare

and your private health

insurance company should

cover some of those costs.

For info on IVF, head to ivf.

com.au or call 1800 111 483.

30%

29%

24%

10 %

5%

*BY 7.5 PER CENT PER YEAR.

FROM 2009: 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom aired on MTV.

BETWEEN 2008-2012: Teen birth rates dropped rapidly*.

MEN

WOMEN

BOTH

OTHER FACTORS

When baby just won’t happen

FERTILITY SOURCE: BABYCENTER.COM.AU. IVF SOURCE: UNSW’S NATIONAL PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY AND STATISTICS UNIT. GETTY IMAGES

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