Blog posts from 2011

New fertility product improves conception and may reduce risk of early miscarriage

08 June, 2011

We are pleased to announce the successful market release of an exciting new product: the Zestica Fertility Conception Kit. This new product has received considerable interest at fertility shows across the UK, including the recent Fertility World s...

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JoEllen Marsh spoke on ‘This Morning’ about her search for her father, a Sperm Donor

06 June, 2011

Twenty-year-old JoEllen Marsh was desperate to find her real father - a sperm donor. Little did she know when she set out on her quest that she'd also find 14 siblings fathered by Donor 150.This extraordinary story has been made into new docum...

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First lesbian in Britain to conceive by artificial insemination talks about her pionerring family

04 June, 2011

Janis Hetherington was the first lesbian in Britain to conceive by artificial insemination. On the 40th anniversary of her son's conception, she talks about her pioneering family, sudden death and tabloid fury.In a sleepy Oxfordshire village 4...

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Multiple embryo transfers during IVF are reducing says HFEA

02 June, 2011

The proportion of risky multiple births during IVF treatment is falling according to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). Multiple birth pregnancies have a higher chance of miscarriage, and of leading to premature birth and of ...

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Australian woman has created 19 children after donating the most eggs

31 May, 2011

Faith Haugh claims she doesn't have a maternal bone in her body - yet she has helped to create 19 children after donating the most eggs in the world. In total, Faith has been through a staggering 41 donor cycles, which has involved her undergo...

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Hormone levels may give us the key to when our fertile years will end

29 May, 2011

The age-specific blood levels of the Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) can predict when women will reach menopause. This makes family planning easier, say fertility researchers from the University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands. Their findings...

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Pink Parenting Magazine to launch for the gay and lesbian community

27 May, 2011

Welcome to Europe’s first Premier Same Sex Parenting Magazine for the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender) community.In these modern times more gay people are becoming parents than ever before as many in the LGBT community seek to...

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Sperm donor legal rights in Australia

25 May, 2011

PARENTING plans developed before a child is born should not be legally enforceable and sperm donors should not have an automatic legal right to be on a birth certificate, the Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby says.''The paramount consideration ...

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Mobile phone use, may lower male fertility

23 May, 2011

Men who are planning to have children one day may want to reduce how long they spend chatting on their mobile phones. Researchers from Queen's University, Canada, found that mobile use may lower sperm quality and lead to a decrease in fertilit...

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Donor Unknown: Adventures in the Sperm Trade

21 May, 2011

Donor Unknown... a film about identity, genetic inheritance and the family of the future.JoEllen Marsh's life began 22 years ago in a pornography-lined, "collection" cubicle at the Los Angeles headquarters of California Cryobank, a p...

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