Blog posts from July 2010

Baby arrives after 8 rounds of IVF at a cost of £100,000

Baby arrives after 8 rounds of IVF at a cost of £100,000

31 July, 2010

'We never gave up hope': Parents celebrate arrival of baby girl after spending £100,000 on EIGHT rounds of IVF.After spending tens of thousands of pounds over the best part of a decade on seven failed IVF courses, the experts were cl...

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Does having children really make you happy?

Does having children really make you happy?

29 July, 2010

As I turn the pages of our family photo albums, I see countless pictures of our children growing up.Most of the shots capture moments of happiness or achievement: my daughters are laughing on care-free holidays under azure summer skies, or clutchi...

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How your personality effects when you choose to have children

How your personality effects when you choose to have children

27 July, 2010

A woman's personality can affect when she chooses to have her first child, according to a new study. The research found that traits such as 'conscientiousness' and 'openness' were associated with delaying motherhood, while more...

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IVF pregnant women more at risk of death

IVF pregnant women more at risk of death

25 July, 2010

Researchers believe the increased threat may come from the body rejecting donated eggs or underlying health problems that may come to the fore during artificial conception.They want increased vigilance so that the exact nature of the risk can be c...

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Scientists say more and more women are changing their sexuality in midlife

Scientists say more and more women are changing their sexuality in midlife

23 July, 2010

Beverli Rhodes was a divorced mum with four daughters from two marriages when she shared her first lesbian kiss.She was 30 and says the experience was a revelation. 'It was as if a switch had been turned,' she says. Although she insists th...

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My Weird & Wonderful Family

My Weird & Wonderful Family

21 July, 2010

MY WEIRD & WONDERFUL FAMILY Wednesday 21st July 21:00 Channel 4Cutting Edge goes behind the headlines to intimately portray how gay millionaires Tony and Barrie Drewitt-Barlow's determination to have more children has affected them and th...

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Alternative Families Show 2010

Alternative Families Show 2010

20 July, 2010

Demystifying the Process of Becoming a Parent for the Gay Community and Single People.Saturday 23rd October 2010 from 10am to 5pmGRAND CONNAUGHT ROOMS, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON• Thinking of becoming a parent? • Want to understand the optio...

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Lesbian mum is not a 'parent' Judge rules

Lesbian mum is not a 'parent' Judge rules

19 July, 2010

The High Court has decided that a lesbian (non birth) mother does not have to financially support the ten year old child she conceived together with her partner. In a landmark decision, the court has ruled that even though the mother was awarded &...

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Telling your child they were conceived through IVF

Telling your child they were conceived through IVF

17 July, 2010

To Tell or Not to Tell: When Your Child Is Conceived Through In Vitro Fertilization: Author Helps Parents Explain the Process.For Claudia Santorelli-Bates it seemed like the obvious choice to talk to her own children about how they were conceived ...

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Couples forced to advertise for egg donors due to national shortage

Couples forced to advertise for egg donors due to national shortage

15 July, 2010

Desperate women with fertility problems have been placing newspaper adverts in a bid to find egg donors due to a national shortage, it emerged today.Egg donations have declined steadily in recent years, following a change in the law in 2005 that a...

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