Blog posts from November 2013

Lesbian 'other mom' talks about what she feels thankful for

29 November, 2013

Thanksgiving was my adoptive mother's favorite holiday. I think of her often and miss her even as I wish for my other mother, my bio mom, during the holiday season. As a lesbian parent, I imagine my kids will have a similar experience of longi...

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Fertility test to predict zero sperm viability for IVF

27 November, 2013

Scientists have developed a non-invasive test that can predict whether men with zero sperm counts are capable of fathering children through IVF. Current methods rely on surgery to find out if a man has viable sperm that can be retrieved for fertil...

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'Generation Cyro' MTV reality series follows sperm donor kids

25 November, 2013

The MTV reality series Generation Cyro, premiering Monday, follows teenagers conceived via sperm donor searching for their half-siblings and donor parents. Marlow Stern spoke with several of the teens featured on the show, as well as the head of t...

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Egg timer fertility test in Australia may mislead women

23 November, 2013

A popular fertility test designed to tell a woman how long she has left to fall pregnant is providing inaccurate and misleading results, creating a wave of panic among women in their 30s and 40s, Australia's leading fertility expert, Dr Anne C...

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A new trend for 'Fertility MOTs'

21 November, 2013

It's not breaking news that women are leaving starting a family until later. But it can be a bit of a gamble to assume you'll be able to have a baby when you choose to – especially if it's when you're a bit older.A new trend ...

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Many delay having children without understanding fertility decline

19 November, 2013

Many people may be delaying having children without fully understanding how much fertility is impacted by age, a new study suggests.Researchers in Australia questioned college students about their plans to have children. They found that, on averag...

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Chinese herbal medicine helped a third of infertile women conceive

17 November, 2013

Fifty childless women who sought fertility treatment at Baptist University's traditional Chinese medicine clinics are said to have been able to conceive naturally after six months' treatment.They account for more than 30 per cent of the 14...

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Asthma may increase risk of infertility in women study shows

14 November, 2013

The risk of delay is greater in women over the age of 30, and whose condition is untreated.Scientists believe the inflammation characteristic of asthma is likely to have an effect on fertility.Researchers studied data on 15,000 female twins from D...

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Pride Angel Journey | When a biro cross changes everything

12 November, 2013

At thirty-six weeks pregnant, I’d never been so grateful for the Easter holidays. We fitted the baby seat in the car, packed my hospital notes and went to visit my parents in Cumbria. On Easter Monday, determined not to let my depleted lung ...

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Babies from donor sperm in USA are big business

11 November, 2013

Todd Whitehurst was a young grad student at Stanford when he began donating sperm to pay his way through school.“I went about 3.5 years, two or three times a week,” said Whitehurst, who estimated he’d raked in more than $12,000.T...

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