Blog posts from 2011

The HFEA is launching a public consultation about sperm and egg donation: have your say

18 January, 2011

The HFEA is launching a public consultation about sperm and egg donation. The HFEA believes that the current level of remuneration – £250 per donation for "reasonable expenses" and loss of earnings may but deterring donors.On...

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Talking with children about Sperm donation

16 January, 2011

Starting a family the "old-fashioned way" is becoming less common. Only 25% of American households are made up of a husband, wife, and a child. The fertility field is continually growing with advances in scientific technology, and infert...

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Single and Considering Motherhood? Volunteers Needed for Study. Can you help?

14 January, 2011

Would you like to take part in some cutting edge, exciting new research? Susanna Graham, a PhD student at the Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge, is undertaking a study exploring the decision-making and experiences of single ...

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International surrogacy: progress or media hype?

12 January, 2011

International surrogacy has become big news. Last month, a landmark international commercial surrogacy case, Re L [1], attracted front page national headlines. Hard on its heels the media spotlight fell on the birth of Elton John and David Furnish...

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Can the UK deliver surrogacy reform?

12 January, 2011

Natalie Gamble has written a comment piece for the Guardian, and you can join the discussion about possible reforms to the UK’s surrogacy laws. Do support us with this - we need your help!Here’s the link: www.guardian.co.uk/commen...

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Mother to freeze eggs for her infertile daughter with Turner Syndrome

10 January, 2011

A mother plans to freeze her eggs so that her infertile daughter may someday be able to use them to give birth to her own brother or sister.Toddler Mackenzie Stephens was born with Turner Syndrome, a hereditary condition which means she is missing...

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Study of children raised by lesbian parents using known or unknown sperm donors

08 January, 2011

There is no evidence that lesbians’ children are hurt or damaged by meeting their sperm donor fathers, a small study says.The study, by researchers at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, used data from the US National Longitudina...

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Online IVF calculator predicts fertility treatment success rates

06 January, 2011

Web resource based on five years of medical records aims to tell women their likelihood of giving birth with 99% accuracy.Women hoping to have a baby through fertility treatment can from today use an online calculator to show them how likely they ...

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Intralipid fertility treatment may cut miscarriages and boost pregnancy rates

04 January, 2011

An experimental fertility treatment increases the odds of an IVF pregnancy up to six times while also inhibiting chemicals which cause miscarriages, a study has found. When women who had gone through IVF time and time again without success were gi...

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Barrie and Tony to open 'one-stop-shop' Surrogacy centre in UK

02 January, 2011

Barrie and Tony Drewitt-Barlow - the first gay couple in Britain to have a baby with a surrogate mother, and who advised Sir Elton John and David Furnish over their new son, Zachary - tell Olga Craig about their newest arrival: a "one-stop-sh...

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