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Jul
2009

Baby Born After Ovarian Transplant

French doctors reported this week that a woman who banked her ovarian tissue before sickle cell anemia treatment had a baby girl after getting her ovarian tissue transplanted back into her.

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Jun
2009

Texas Couple Expecting Sextuplets

After 2 unsuccessful tries at pregnancy, Amanda and Thomas Stansel are expecting sextuplets.

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Feb
2009

60-year-old Calgary Mother Welcomes Twins

Another 60 year old mom has delivered twins after successfully undergoing IVF treatment. Ranjit Hayer, tried for decades to have a child, enduring multiple miscarriages, surgery, even the trauma of being robbed by a fertility doctor.
She is believed to be among the oldest Canadian women to give birth.
The twin boys arrived seven weeks [...]

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Jan
2009

Octuplets Mom ‘Obsessed With Having Children’

The world was amazed this week after Californian mom Nadya Suleman, 33, welcomed octuplets, the second set ever to be born in the U.S.But the amazement quickly turned to concern after it was revealed the the 8 new babies would be joining their 6 siblings, who are all under the age 7.
Yesterday the octuplets grandma [...]

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Dec
2008

Mom Who Gave Birth At 70 Wants To Do It Again!

Rajo Devi, the mom who welcomed her first baby at 70, has decided that she would like do it again stating,
“It’s amazing to finally be a mother. I’ve waited for so long to have a baby of my own.
“The doctors said I was healthier than many women half my age. I’d love to [...]

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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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Oct
2008

Unregulated Sperm Donations Causing Problems In Australia

Unregulated sperm donation has led to a situation where children from the same community are potentially at risk for incestuous relationships.
Reverend Dr. Andrew Dutney, a reproductive technology expert in South Australia, said in one reported case, about 30 lesbians living in Adelaide, Australia, were impregnated by the sperm from one man.
Those mothers organized [...]

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Mar
2008

That’s not Cancer, It’s A Baby!

A 57 year old UK woman was pleasantly surprised to find out she was expecting after doctors initially feared she had ovarian cancer.
Susan Tollefsen, from Romford, east London, was sent to hospital for emergency tests on her swelling belly eight weeks ago, but was instead congratulated by the sonographer who told her she was almost [...]

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Feb
2008

Baby Making – Without Men!

Wolfgang Engel, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Department of Human Genetics at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Göttingen, Germany, is researching ways to actually grow sperm in the lab.
His research has led to the first live births of mice from sperm created in the lab. His team has already produced live mice generated [...]

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Feb
2008

Would You Do Acupuncture To Get Pregnant?

I am scared of needles and I know I’m not alone. That’s why I’m not sure if I could undergo acupuncture in order to get pregnant.

An Acupuncture fertility treatment is thought to increase blood flow to the uterus, relax the cervix and inhibit “fight or flight” stress hormones that can make it tougher for an [...]

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Feb
2008

Australian Mom To Deliver IVF Baby At 54

An Australian woman will become what is thought to be the state’s oldest IVF mother when she delivers her baby later this year at age 54.
The woman, who has kept her identity secret, and her partner have used a donor egg for the procedure because IVF practitioners do not treat women over 45 with their [...]

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