Blog posts from March 2013

More couples are facing infertility in Vietnam

More couples are facing infertility in Vietnam

31 March, 2013

VietNamNet Bridge – Out of each 100 couples, 8 are sterile. The rate of secondary infertility caused by inflammation and abortions is increasing rapidly. This is one of the reasons that makes Vietnam face a downward trend in childbirth in th...

Read Article
US says it is ok for women over 50 to get fertility treatment

US says it is ok for women over 50 to get fertility treatment

29 March, 2013

A key group representing fertility specialists in the U.S. has shifted its messaging and now says that healthy women over the age of 50 should not be discouraged from trying to become pregnant using donor eggs or embryos.The American Society for R...

Read Article
Men using saunas regularly have lower sperm counts

Men using saunas regularly have lower sperm counts

27 March, 2013

Men who visit saunas may be damaging their sperm, Italian researchers have warned. They found that healthy men who regularly used them had a lower sperm count - and the damage could last several months.In the study, Finnish men in their 30s who ha...

Read Article
Singapore uses 'fairy tales' to warn women of falling fertility

Singapore uses 'fairy tales' to warn women of falling fertility

25 March, 2013

With her blond bob, convertible car, cigarette in hand and cropped top emblazoned with the letters YOLO ("You Only Live Once"), this is an Alice in Wonderland the world has not seen before. Like Lewis Carroll's original, this cartoon...

Read Article
Problems accessing sperm and eggs increases fertility treatment abroad

Problems accessing sperm and eggs increases fertility treatment abroad

23 March, 2013

PROBLEMS in accessing donor sperm and eggs at home appear to be behind a reported increase in the number of UK citizens who seek fertility treatment abroad, despite the fact that this is widely seen as risky. Now, a team of academic experts, inclu...

Read Article
Three person IVF developed in North East gets support

Three person IVF developed in North East gets support

21 March, 2013

A CONTROVERSIAL fertility treatment developed in UK's North East which could eradicate incurable inherited diseases has the public's backing, it has been revealed. Fertility regulators yesterday paved the way for the Government to legalise...

Read Article
TV documentary wants to hear your co-parenting story

TV documentary wants to hear your co-parenting story

19 March, 2013

Leading UK Documentary Company Wants to Hear Your Co-parenting StoryAward-winning television production company Windfall Films, is researching a documentary about modern families and co-parenting.If you’re based in the UK and are a co-parent...

Read Article
Dutch lesbian couple go into hiding with Turkish foster son

Dutch lesbian couple go into hiding with Turkish foster son

17 March, 2013

A Dutch lesbian couple has gone into hiding with their foster son after the boy’s biological parents went on television in Turkey and said that they consider the pair morally unfit to take care of their child.The row is threatening to oversh...

Read Article
'And baby makes three' at the Building Families Show

'And baby makes three' at the Building Families Show

15 March, 2013

So the two of you are more than happy, but do you want more? Have you ever considered you might be ready for a baby? More and more same sex partners are taking the steps to provide a secure and loving family.Society’s attitude towards gay pa...

Read Article
'Snowballs' cooling pants to help improve male fertility

'Snowballs' cooling pants to help improve male fertility

13 March, 2013

For men who are trying to conceive a baby the ideal environment in which to store their little swimmers is one cooled to a temperature slightly below core body heat.So now one forward-thinking Morocco-based man (who has suffered fertility problems...

Read Article