**Author details**

Tamara Hunter1 \* and Roger Hart<sup>2</sup>

1 King Edward Memorial Hospital and Fertility Specialists of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

2 Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Western Australia and Fertility Specialists of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

\*Address all correspondence to: tamarajhunter@westnet.com.au

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