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I Traveled 9,000 Miles For IVF

Adrienne Arieff | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Motherhood, My Story, Fertility, Surrogacy, Infertility, Ivf, Fertility Treatment, Women News

Even though I've been on planes, trains, and automobiles to get here, the full weight of my passage and of what I hope to achieve in this journey has not quite resonated until now.

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The Question I Want Everyone to Stop Asking

Selvaggia | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: In Vitro Fertilization, Infertility, Freezing Eggs, Ivf, Fertility Clinic, Childless. Fertility, Motherhood, Egg Donor, Women News

In my imagination, I always thought having a biological child or adopting one would equally fulfill the mother in me. Or at least that is what I thought until a few weeks ago.

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POLL: Would You Let Your Parents Pay For You To Freeze Your Eggs?

The Huffington Post | Margaret Wheeler Johnson | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Infertility, Adult Parents, Ovary Freezing, Reproductive Technology, Fertility, Poll, Egg Freezing, Ivf, Parents Pay for Egg Freezing, Women News

There are a lot of reasons not to freeze your eggs. It involves shooting yourself up with loads of hormones. Your chances of success are greatest if y...

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Do Fertility Treatments Cause Birth Defects? Researchers Find Answers

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: In-Vitro Ferltilization, Male Infertility, Test Tube Babies, Research About Fertility, Icsi, Infertility, Birth Defects Caused by Fertility Treatments, Assisted Reproduction, Pregnancy, Birth Defects, Ivf, Fertility Treatment Risks, Fertility Treatment, Parents News

-- Test-tube babies have higher rates of birth defects, and doctors have long wondered: Is it because of certain fertility treatments or infertility ...

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Infertility: An Age-Old Problem

Mache Seibel, MD | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Donor Egg, Aging, Fertility, Egg Donation, Ivf, Perimenopause, Infertiliy, Women's Health, Doctor Seibel, Having a Baby, Video, Healthy Living News

Although there have been tremendous advances over the past 30 years to give many couples the possibility of having a baby who might otherwise not have been able to have one, one thing hasn't changed: the impact of age.

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Would You Freeze Your Ovaries?

The Huffington Post | Emma Gray | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Fertility Technology, Women Infertility, Struggling With Infertility, Infertility, Freezing Your Eggs, Ovary Freezing, Ovarian Tissue Freezing, Poll, Egg Freezing, Freezing Your Ovaries, Ivf, Women News

"Would you freeze your ovaries to delay your biological clock? Not your eggs, your ovaries. A procedure that is already available in the United States is poised to become available to British women within the next six months."

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Fertility Treatment Bans In Europe Draw Criticism

AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Fertility Laws, Fertility, Fertility Laws in Europe, Fertility Treatment Bans in London, Fertility Treatments, Ivf, Fertility Treatment Ban, Parents-Pregnancy, Parents News

LONDON — More than three decades after Britain produced the world's first test-tube baby, Europe is a patchwork of restrictions for people who n...

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Surrogate Mother Of 15: 'I'm Retiring My Uterus'

The Huffington Post | Jessica Samakow | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Surrogate Mother, Video, Infertility, Parents-Pregnancy, Meredith Olafson, Super Surrogate, Surrogacy, Ivf, Surrogate of 15, Surrogate, Parents News

Forty-seven-year-old Meredith Olafson, of North Dakota, gave birth to her 15th baby on March 29th. But don't chalk her up to Duggar status just yet --...

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Suburban Fertility Clinic OKed Amid 'Personhood' Protests

Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Catholic Church Ivf, Video, In Vitro Fertilization Controversy, In Vitro Fertilization, Randy Morris, Catholic Church in Vitro Fertilization, Thomas Milota, Naperville Fertility Clinic, Naperville Fertility Facility, Ivf Treatments, Personhood Laws, Ivf, Naperville Ivf Treatments, Personhood Bills, Chicago News

The Naperville City Council on Tuesday approved the building of a clinic providing in vitro fertilization and other procedures in the west suburb's do...

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Babies in the New Economy

S. Lochlann Jain | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Sperm Donors, Social Security, Children, Starting a Business, Ivf, Reproductive Rights, U.S. Supreme Court, Comedy News

Want to make some extra cash in a depressed economy? All you may need is a young terminally ill man and a good dose of American entrepreneurial spirit.

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"I Took All of this for Granted"

Lori Day | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Loneliness, War on Women, Infertility, Anomie, David Foster Wallace, Birth Control, Republican Party, Ivf, Politics News

What is at stake is women's ability to have authentic and freely chosen lives -- nothing less.

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What Not to Say to Single Women Who Long to Be Moms

Melanie Notkin | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Circumstantial Infertility, The Truth About Childless Women, Childlessness, Infertility, Childless, Mother, Single, Motherhood, Egg Freezing, Childless Women, Ivf, Single Women, Adoption, Women News

We all know that going through infertility treatments can be incredibly challenging for couples. But single women who yearn to be mothers go through their own heartache.

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We Must Regulate Reproductive Technology

S. Lochlann Jain | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Fertility, Stem Cell Research, Ivf Treatments, In Vitro Fertilization, Ivf, Stem Cell Cloning, Cloning, Stem Cells, Politics News

The fetuses created by IVF will ideally become healthy people. But the IVF industry needs federal oversight to ensure that the children produced have the maximum chance of growing up to be healthy adults.

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The 2nd Worst Question To Ask A Single Woman

Melanie Notkin | Posted 04.18.2012

When a woman is over age 30, single and childless, people want to know why. Just about everyone is just dying to know: What is she waiting for?

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Federal Investments in Scientific Research Must Remain a Priority

Michael Ham | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Taxes, Science, Funding, Congress, Medicine, Ivf, Scientific Research, Federal Budget Deficit, Scientific Funding, Federal Grants, Science News

Pages of facts and statistics cannot adequately describe the impact research has on the lives of everyday Americans and the necessity of federal science funding.

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‘Your Forties Is Not The Time To Think About Getting Pregnant’

Jessica Pearce Rotondi | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Marcia Cross Egg Donor, Women-Pregnant-at-40, Egg Donors, Marcia Cross IVF, Marcia Cross, Pregnancy, Pregant, Ivf Treatments, Ivf, Marcia Cross Twins, Women News

While her statement about no one having any business getting pregnant in her 40s might sound judgmental, Cross seems to be commenting on her own reality -- a reality many women face.

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With IVF, Two Eggs Are Good, Three Too Many, Study Shows

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: In Vitro Fertilization Study, Video, IVF Study, In Vitro Fertilization, Ivf, In Vitro, Assisted Reproduction, Sart, Parents News

Women undergoing in vitro fertilization should never have more than two embryos implanted, according to a new study out of the UK. It finds that those...

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Why Can't Anyone Get Pregnant?

Leslie Goldman | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Injectables, Artificial Insemination, Infertility, Ivf, Infertility Treatments, Iui, Surrogacy, Adoption, Clomid, Women News

For perhaps the only time in our lives, we had found ourselves in the same position as a Kardashian.

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Octomom's Fertility Doctor Wants His License Back

AP | Associated Press | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Octomom's Fertility Doctor, Nadia Suleman, Octomom's Doctor's License Revoked, Michael Kamrava, Ivf, Dr. Michael Kamrava, Michael Kamrava License Taken Away, Parents News

LOS ANGELES — The doctor whose fertility treatments gave "Octomom" Nadya Suleman her octuplets and six other children wants to practice medicine...

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Coming Out Pregnant!

Staceyann Chin | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Lesbian Mothers, Single Mothers, Ivf Pregnancy, Parents-Pregnancy, Single Motherhood, Pregnancy, Global Motherhood, Children of Lesbian Mothers, Ivf, Black Voices News

I am on bed rest, and don't get out that often, so it's always a shock to me, to have folks respond so strongly to my pregnancy. Now that my belly is miles ahead of the rest of me everybody knows on sight about my condition, which means I have no control over people's reactions.

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Relaxation and the Four Intensities of Desire

Rod Stryker | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Energy, Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Intensities of Desire, Yoga Benefits, Desire, Meditation, Healthy Living Spirit, Relaxation, Ivf, Consciousness, Healthy Living News

The yoga tradition teaches that desire has four levels of intensity. Each one is a progressively more compelling force that exerts an increasing influence on our destiny.

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Criminalize Abortion, Stem Cell Research, and the Birth Control Pill?

Don C. Reed | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Stem Cell Research, Abortion, Ivf, Haley Barbour, Republican, Politics News

For a glimpse into a Republican Religious Right wishlist, check out Amendment 26, in Mississippi.

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Freezing My Eggs: What's Love Got to do With It? (Part 5 of 5)

MeiMei Fox | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Fertility Options, Infertility, Ivf, Pregnancy, Fertility, Egg Freezing, Fertility Treatments, Preserving Fertility, Oocyte Preservation, Women News

This process has forced me to confront my lingering self-doubts: 'What's wrong with me? I'm a loser for being 37 and childless and alone.'

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Freezing My Eggs: 18 Buns in the Icebox

MeiMei Fox | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Infertility Treatments, Infertility Issues, Fertility, Egg Freezing, Ivf, Oocyte Cytopreservation, Freezing My Eggs, Infertility, Women News

I started telling everyone how easy this all was. Even the injections -- not so bad. Just a pinprick. Retrieval, no problem.

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Freezing My Eggs: The Next Step

MeiMei Fox | Posted 11.03.2011

Read More: Geriatric Pregnancy, Infertility Issues, Fertility Options, Infertility, Ivf, Infertility Treatments, Fertility, Egg Freezing, Single Women, Oocyte Cytopreservation, Women News

I've never tried heroine, so the idea of shooting up makes me nervous.

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