This morning our 774 ABC Radio Melbourne Breakfast host Sharnelle Vella shared the joyous news that she is expecting a baby girl in March. She reflected that it had not been an easy journey revealing her struggle with infertility and spoke of her years of IVF treatments and unexpected endometriosis diagnosis. In this edition of The Conversation Hour we discuss just how significant infertility can be on all aspects of day to day life and how we can better support women through it.

Also in this edition, we talk the health impacts of ultra processed foods, the broader implications of job cuts to the CSIRO, why there needs to be greater awareness about the dangers lilies and some other flowers pose to cats. Plus, we talk to the proud mum of the Amyl and the Sniffers bassist ahead of tonight's ARIAS.