Blog posts from 2012

'Your forties is not the time to be thinking about getting pregnant' says Desperate housewife star

20 January, 2012

Desperate housewife star Marcia Cross began fertility treatment aged 44 and went on to give birth to twin daughters Eden and Savannah. But despite hailing her girls as 'a miracle', she has no illusions about having children later in life. ...

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Sperm donor in US who fathered 14 children admits he is a virgin

18 January, 2012

A sperm donor from California admits he has never had sex, yet fathers 14 children. Trent Arsenault hit the headlines last December when his free sperm bank came under investigation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which threatened him ...

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Israeli transgender man gives birth in Tel Aviv

16 January, 2012

A transgender man in Israel has reportedly become the first in the state’s history to give birth. Yuval Topper, 24 had his child at the Sheba Medical Center on Thursday of last week. Topper underwent a sex change operation three years ago, ...

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Feminist anthropologist would like to hear your views on DIY motherhood

14 January, 2012

Linda Layne a feminist medical anthropologist, spent decades of working on pregnancy loss, now deciding to work on happier topics—single mothers by choice and two-mum families. Linda is particularly interested in the DIY approach. (Her book ...

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Fertility World Show London - FREE admission

12 January, 2012

Looking to start your family? Why not visit the Fertility World Show London?Visit: Fertility World in Association with Fertility Road & Pink Parenting (www.pink-parenting.com)Where: Earl’s Court Exhibition Centre in London, UK....

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Last chance to vote for your favourite gay icons, websites or initiatives

12 January, 2012

Last Chance to vote for your favourite gay icon’s, gay websites and LGBT initiatives.g3 magazine and Out In The City magazine have launched their annual readers’ awards .The awards consist of a wide range of categories, with all nomine...

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Lesbian couple in US granted equal parental rights over child

10 January, 2012

A Florida court has granted equal parental rights to two lesbian women who created a child using the eggs from one of the women, while the other carried the baby to term. It ruled that egg donors may acquire parental rights to children resulting f...

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Pride Angel nominated Gay Family Initiative of the Year

08 January, 2012

We're really excited to have been nominated for this years 'Out in the City Readers awards'.  Pride Angel has been short listed within the category of 'Gay family initiative of the year'  The shortlisted nominations...

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Sperm grown in laboratory in fertility breaththrough

06 January, 2012

Men suffering from fertility problems have been given renewed hope after a team of scientists were able to grow sperm in a laboratory. In a world's first, scientists have successfully grown mouse sperm in a lab dish and are now hoping they wou...

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More twins being born due to fertility treatments and older mothers

04 January, 2012

More U.S. women are having twins these days. The reason? Older moms and fertility treatments. One in every 30 babies born in the U.S. is a twin — an astounding increase over the last three decades, according to a government report issued Wed...

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