I remember hearing rumblings in the news a while ago about a couple accidentally impregnated with the wrong embryos through in vitro fertilization, but I didn’t know the details of this family’s story until I was sent a book copy to review. Just looking at the front cover of the book let me know that [...]
Tags: advanced maternal age, book, in-vitro fertilization, infertility, IVF, review
Posted in: Reviews
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The first baby conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF), Louise Joy Brown turned 32 last month. Since then, millions of babies were born worldwide by this procedure. Although IVF is commonplace nowadays, there are still some people who think that IVF babies are “different.” A friend of mine gets annoyed when people ask her whether [...]
Tags: cancer risk, in-vitro fertilization, IVF, long-term health outcomes, Research
Posted in: Multiple Births, Parenting
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What is it like to spend nine-plus months carrying someone else’s baby? How can you not get attached to the baby growing inside you? How can you talk yourself through morning sickness, swollen ankles and back pain when you don’t get the ultimate payoff of holding your own precious baby when all is said and done? I was very fortunate [...]
Tags: Adoption, IVF, miscarriage, Mother, Pregnancy, surrogacy, surrogate
Posted in: Pregnancy
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It used to be said that a mom is always sure it’s her child but a man’s paternity can always be questioned. Not anymore. Every year, hundreds of thousands of embryos are implanted into women’s wombs during in vitro fertilization (IVF). What are the chances that an embryo is implanted in a womb where it [...]
Tags: embryo mix up, in-vitro fertilization, IVF, surrogacy, Surrogate mothers, unintended surrogacy
Posted in: Current Events, Pregnancy
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Almost three years ago, Maria del Carmen Bousada gave birth to twins, setting the record as the oldest mother ever at age 66. This record was broken by Rajo Devi Lohan of India last year who gave birth for the first time at the ancient age of 70. However, Bousada is still the oldest mom [...]
Tags: fertility treatments, IVF, Maria del Carmen Bousada, oldest mom, orphans, Twins
Posted in: News
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