An article in Wednesday’s U.K. Daily Telegraph reported on a 34-year-old Tunisian woman claiming to be pregnant with 12 babies – six boys and six girls. The woman, it said, conceived 12 babies after fertility treatments following multiple miscarriages.
A few days later, the Telegraph reported that an investigation by the Tunisian Health Ministry revealed that [...]
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What happens when you are down to your last embryo and your chances of producing more are slim? This is a question facing many parents who are undergoing IVF. And this Greek fertility expert seems to have found a solution – artificially split up the embryo. In the process, Karl Illmensee, laboratory director at the [...]
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If you have ever struggled with breastfeeding, you can sympathize with 33-year old actress Angelina Jolie. The star, most recently in The Changeling, discussed nursing four-month old twins (and other mum wisdom) with British talk show GMTV.
To put it simply, “It’s very hard,” she said. That didn’t stop her from appearing on the cover of [...]
Tags: angelina jolie, brad pitt, Breastfeeding, GMTV, Twins
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Canadian fertility experts have released guidelines regarding the number of embryos to be transferred during an in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle. The guidelines were jointly published by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada and the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society.
IVF is a very tricky process. In order to increase the likelihood of success, [...]
Tags: embryos, IVF, multiple pregnancies, numbers
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An unnamed 59 year old Frenchwoman, of Vietnamese origin, gave birth to triplets on Saturday night. After seeking in vitro fertilization (IVF) in Vietnam, the woman delivered two boys and a girl by cesarean at a Paris hospital. According to a spokesman, ‘everything went smoothly.’ The babies are healthy, weighing between 4 lbs 9 oz [...]
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