Blog posts from 2012

Sperm donor steps up to be known by donor offspring

Sperm donor steps up to be known by donor offspring

10 December, 2012

Sperm donor in Australia who donated in 1979 wants to meet his donor conceived children. PETER Liston has led a full life. He is a father of three, grandfather of two, and has travelled the world extensively as a professional gambler, making milli...

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Giving - The Sperm and Egg Donor Perspective

Giving - The Sperm and Egg Donor Perspective

08 December, 2012

Sperm and Egg donation is big business at the Fertility Show. Why do clinics from far and wide pay thousands of pounds to exhibit in London?The simple answer is to make money. But why come to the UK? Because in the UK there is a shortage of sperm ...

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Male Sperm Counts drop by a third since 1990s

Male Sperm Counts drop by a third since 1990s

06 December, 2012

Male fertility under threat as sperm counts drop within past two decades. A comprehensive study into the reproductive health of 26,600 men found sperm concentration has decreased by a third since the 1990s. The findings are so significant experts ...

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Egg donor shortage in UK forces people to fertility clinics abroad

Egg donor shortage in UK forces people to fertility clinics abroad

04 December, 2012

With a shortage of donors in the UK, foreign fertility clinics are proving big business for British women trying to get pregnant. However, says Claire Higney, success isn’t guaranteed.I'll never forget turning to my husband Andy and sayi...

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Woman with first ever successful womb transplant to undergo IVF

Woman with first ever successful womb transplant to undergo IVF

02 December, 2012

A woman who had the world’s first successful womb transplant is set to undergo IVF in a bid to fulfil her dream of motherhood. Thousands of British women born without a womb will be given hope if the breakthrough treatment succeeds. Speaking...

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Overcoming vaginal dryness to help your fertility naturally

Overcoming vaginal dryness to help your fertility naturally

30 November, 2012

Recent article talks about how to improve fertility naturally and talks about the benefit of using sperm friendly lubricant for helping you conceive.In a 2012 article published in journal Human Reproduction, researchers estimated that the current ...

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Opportunity to help understand the changing face of Donation

Opportunity to help understand the changing face of Donation

28 November, 2012

My name is Stephen Whyte and I am a social sciences researcher from Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane (QUT), Australia. I’m conducting research into the changing market for Donors and women seeking donors for DI, IUI, ICSI and ...

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Egg Freezing - women still leaving it too late to have a baby

Egg Freezing - women still leaving it too late to have a baby

27 November, 2012

Leading Fertility expert Dr Gillian Lockwood says that women are still leaving it to late to try and have a baby.Dr Lockwood has suggested that Egg freezing should be every father’s graduation present to his daughter. Dr Lockwood, of the Mid...

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118 MPs may vote against the new Gay Marriage Bill

118 MPs may vote against the new Gay Marriage Bill

25 November, 2012

118 Conservative MPs could potentially vote against government plans to legalise marriage rights for gay couples the Daily Mail has reported. The story was carried large on Saturday’s front page and has been written by the paper’s colu...

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Gay and lesbian families to be given legal protection in Ireland

Gay and lesbian families to be given legal protection in Ireland

23 November, 2012

Ireland to introduce a new bill to give greater protection for gay and lesbian families.Ireland’s Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN) has welcomed comments made by Justice Minister Alan Shatter on the need to improve legal provision for ...

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