Blog posts from September 2010

Sperm donor websites: a personal fertility choice?

30 September, 2010

Sperm donor websites are increasing in popularity with many people searching for a sperm donor or co-parent online. Are they a health risk or a personal choice which could benefit the future of any future children?There has been a lot of bad press...

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Breastfeeding for 6 months protects babies against infections

28 September, 2010

Breastfeeding children for six months can ward off common infections during infancy, further evidence suggests.The findings showed babies brought up exclusively on their mother's milk were significantly more healthy than those given substitute...

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Want to be a Dad? men have ticking biological clocks too

27 September, 2010

After much soul-searching, I have finally come out of the closet. It was pointless denying it any longer. Judging by the sniggers and knowing looks, everyone ­probably knew already. So I just came out with it: ‘I want a baby.’I wan...

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HFEA the UK's fertility regulator is on a Government 'Hitlist'

25 September, 2010

The UK's fertility regulator is on a Government 'hitlist' of quangos facing abolition, according to a letter leaked this week. The letter, dated 26 August, supposedly from Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude to other ministers lists ...

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Women are having fewer children and later in life

24 September, 2010

Some are having children almost two years beyond the point they anticipated while an intended family size of at least two children has not, on average, proved a reality.The effective baby gap was last night attributed to increasing numbers of wome...

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Take a Break Reveals Sperm Donors

22 September, 2010

Take a Break have recently covered an article revealing sperm donors who offer natural insemination (or sexual intercourse) to single and lesbian women. Their investigation into unregulated sperm donors gets deeper.Take a Break tracked them down o...

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Sperm 'brokers' who made £250,000 face jail

19 September, 2010

Two businessmen Nigel Woodforth 43 and Ricky Gage 49 face jail after being convicted of running an illegal fertility company. They made £250,000 by acting as 'sperm brokers' and intermediaries through their online operation Fertility...

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Hope of children for women suffering early menopause

17 September, 2010

Women who go through an early menopause could soon be given the chance to have children again thanks to a pioneering stem cell treatment. Scientists have come up with a way of restoring the ovaries' ability to produce eggs using cells speciall...

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First artificial human ovary created by researchers

15 September, 2010

Researchers have created the first artificial human ovary. The advance provides a potentially powerful new means for conducting fertility research and could also yield infertility treatments for cancer patients.“An ovary is composed of three...

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Quick frozen sperm could offer men increased chance of fatherhood

13 September, 2010

A new technique for preserving sperm could offer men with low sperm counts, cancer, or viruses such as HIV the hope of fathering healthy children.Experts found that fast-freezing sperm preserves its ability to swim towards an egg far more efficien...

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