Infertility

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Jul
2009

Doctors Create 22 Question Fertility Test For Every Woman Considering Pregnancy

Researchers at Cardiff University have unveiled a DIY test to help women maximize their chances of motherhood.

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Jun
2009

Study: Couples Trying For Baby ‘Should Have Sex Daily’

Here’s a study your hubby will be quoting for the next month.
While many clinics advise couples to have sex every other day in order to get pregnant, scientists have found that regular sex can significantly improve the quality of a man’s sperm.

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Apr
2009

Constance Marie Shows Off Luna!

Constance Marie introduces us to her miracle baby Luna in this weeks issue of People. During the interview, the new mom talks about her three year struggle to get pregnant.

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Feb
2009

Can Your Diet Increase Your Fertility?

Harvard Researchers studying 18,000 women found those on a fertility diet were six times more likely to conceive.

Their research found that the fat in whole dairy products like milk and ice cream improve fertility.

Experts also advise would-be moms to stay away from trans fats, or at least limit consumption to no more than four grams [...]

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Nov
2008

Mom Uses Viagra For Infertility and Conceives Twins!

Lately there has been a lot of stories about the other medical benefits of Viagra. Just this week we heard about Calvin Mutessa who uses ‘little blue pill’ to control a rare condition called pulmonary arterial hypertension.
The Dailymail has a great story about Yvonne Finlayson and husband Mark Ruston’s journey to have a baby. [...]

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Nov
2008

20 Test-Tube Babies Born In One Day

October 30 was a busy day a the Sudha Hi-Tech IVF hospital in Erode, India.
As many as 20 test-tube babies were delivered through caesarean section at the private hospital.
The director of the hospital, Dr. S. Dhanabhagyam, did not wish to create a sensation around the feat, it was a ‘superstition’ that led to the [...]

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Sep
2008

Court Refuses Widow’s Request To Use Husband’s Frozen Sperm To Become Pregnant

A state appellate court has decided that frozen sperm left behind by a deceased Sacramento County sheriff’s deputy cannot be used by his widow to become pregnant.
The deseased widow Iris Kievernagel, had petitioned the court for the rights to conceive a child from her late husband’s frozen sperm.
Iris’s husband Joseph died in a helicopter crash [...]

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Mar
2008

Husband Alleges Wife’s Nagging ‘left him impotent’

I know that nagging causes headaches, but I have never heard it can cause this…
An Italian man is demanding £140,000 in compensation after claiming his wife’s constant nagging left him impotent.
Sergio Vinucci, from Parma, has produced medical evidence in court that backs up his claims that his wife’s nagging caused him so much stress that [...]

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Oct
2007

Alexis Stewart Talks To Oprah About Her Fertility Challenges

Alexis Stewart spoke with Oprah yesterday about her struggle to have a baby.
The radio host and daughter of Martha Stewart has spent the last year seeing fertility doctors and trying cutting-edge procedures to get pregnant.
Alexis, now 42, put off trying to have a baby at 36 because she was ‘it wasn’t a good [...]

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Aug
2007

Alexis Stewart Talks About Fertility Challenges

Alexis Stewart, Martha Stewart’s daughter has been open about her desire to be a mom.

The 41-year-old daughter of Martha Stewart has been trying to get pregnant for two years – spending up to $27,000 a month in the last seven months alone to have a baby.
The divorced talk show host has wanted a [...]

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Jul
2007

Long Island Hospital Delivers 7 Sets of Triplets During June Baby Boom

The North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, was busy last month delivering 7 sets of triplets, a record for the facility that had just 11 in all of last year.

At a news conference Tuesday at the hospital, three pairs of new triplet parents looked tired, but they glowed as they described their experiences.

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Jul
2007

First Baby Born From Egg Matured In Lab and Frozen

The first test-tube baby created from an egg matured in the laboratory and then frozen has been born in Canada, in a breakthrough offering hope to women with cancer and others unsuited to normal IVF treatment.

The baby is doing well and another three women are pregnant by the same method, researchers told a medical meeting [...]

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