Blog posts from May 2010

Pregnant women should be allowed to eat more fish

30 May, 2010

Pregnant women should be encouraged by the Government to eat at least two portions of fish a week to reduce the risk of their children developing brain disorders, a group of leading nutrition experts have claimed.The nutritionists fear that curren...

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A boy or a girl - who should decide?

28 May, 2010

Some parents-to-be are desperate to decide the sex of their new baby. Under current UK law this is not allowed, except in order to avoid gender-linked diseases, such as haemophilia and muscular dystrophy. In this week's Scrubbing Up bioethicis...

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Mothers over 40 in record baby boom: Number of women who give birth in their fifth decade or later trebles

26 May, 2010

A baby boom among older women has trebled the number giving birth after their 40th birthday. Almost 27,000 babies were born to mothers over 40 last year, figures revealed yesterday. The unprecedented level is nearly three times the total of 20 yea...

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Oldest UK woman to have IVF cancels treatment

24 May, 2010

A 59 year-old woman has backed out of IVF (in vitro fertilisation) treatment at the last minute, as she feels the risks at her age are too great. Susan Tollefsen said she was worried after she nearly died following ill-effects from her previous IV...

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Is a woman more likely to conceive if she enjoys sex?

22 May, 2010

From Britain's leading fertility expert, an intriguing question...Is a woman more likely to conceive if she enjoys sex? By Professor Robert WinstonThe more frequently you have sex, the more chance you have of getting pregnant. Nobody will be s...

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Surrogate mum has given away two surrogate babies and is trying for a third, at age 24

20 May, 2010

As she lay on her hospital bed breastfeeding her newborn baby, Louise Pollard was overcome with love for the scrap of humanity in her arms.After all, she'd reached the end of a difficult pregnancy which had seen both her own and her unborn chi...

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Options For Preserving Fertility Help Women With Cancer

18 May, 2010

Young women undergoing cancer treatment have an increasing number of options for preserving their fertility, a leading researcher told attendees today at the 58th Annual Clinical Meeting of The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.T...

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Sex to make babies may become redundant as IVF becomes the norm

16 May, 2010

Sex may become redundant as a method of conceiving babies as couples routinely turn to IVF, scientists have predicted. They say thirtysomethings will increasingly rely on artificial methods of fertilisation because natural human reproduction is &#...

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Lesbian couple 'forced out of church for holding hands in the pews'

14 May, 2010

A lesbian couple claim they were forced out of their church after they were spotted holding hands during a service. Kersten Pegden and Nina Lawrence said that other members of the congregation at St Nicholas Anglican church in Corfe Mullen, Dorset...

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'Majority of pregnant women not getting enough vitamin D' puts unborn children at risk

12 May, 2010

Pregnant woman are not getting enough vitamin D, according to new research.While taking prenatal vitamins does raise vitamin D levels in mothers-to-be, the study suggested higher doses are needed for many women.Study author Professor Adit Ginde, f...

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