Blog posts from February 2013

Sperm donor mum tracks down son's global siblings

26 February, 2013

With their similarly shaped faces and shared blond hair and blue eyes, it’s easy to guess that the three boys are brothers. But Max Silverwood and half-brothers Liam and Grant come from three different families – and have nine other si...

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New NICE guidelines for women over 40 and lesbian couples

24 February, 2013

New guidelines set out for treating fertility problems dominate the health news.The coverage is based on updated infertility guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). While these guidelines are wide-ranging, t...

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TV company wants to hear from sperm donors and recipients, can you help?

22 February, 2013

Seneca Productions is a television production company based in London, UK. We specialise in high-end documentaries, the most recent of which was All In The Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry.We're developing an observational documentary on...

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Lesbian couple talk about MRKH and their difficulties of starting a family

20 February, 2013

So, having neither of us ever written a blog, we are writing one about the difficulties we, as a lesbian couple, are having trying to find a sperm donor in a rural, stuck in the dark ages, area, in the middle of nowhere.Things aren’t quite a...

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Gay and lesbian in UK urged to consider adoption or fostering

18 February, 2013

Gay and lesbian people are being urged to learn more about adoption and fostering as part of the LGBT Adoption and Fostering Week.The event runs between Monday 4 March – Sunday 10 March – and is organised by New Family Social, the char...

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More IVF for lesbian couples and women over 40

16 February, 2013

More lesbian couples to get IVF on the NHS under new plan. Under an expansion of NHS-funded fertility treatment, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) will recommend that lesbian couples be offered six cycles of artifici...

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'Gay couples cannot provide safe environment for children' states MP

15 February, 2013

The Welsh secretary has said gay couples "clearly" cannot provide a "warm and safe environment" in which to raise children. On ITV Wales' Face to Face programme, David Jones said this was why he had voted against the govern...

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Ever thought of freezing your eggs to have a baby in the future?

13 February, 2013

Have you ever frozen your eggs to help you have a baby or are you considering freezing your eggs to have a family in the future? The Sunday Times Magazine is researching an in-depth feature on egg freezing and in particular the issue of social egg...

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Elton John talks about loving being a dad again

11 February, 2013

Elton John is loving being a dad for the second time. Elton spent most of his life with one singular love- music. But meeting David Furnish changed all that. Now the Crocodile Rocker is a family man and couldn't be happier! He says:"I nev...

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Three parents named on baby's birth certificate in Miami

09 February, 2013

A judge in Miami-Dade County, Florida, has decided that a gay man who donated sperm to a lesbian couple has the right to be on the birth certificate of their 23-month-old daughter.Massimiliano “Massimo” Gerina was asked to provide sper...

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