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Tags: breast cancer, IVF
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The numbers are staggering- 500,000 -that’s half million – embryos are currently stored in deep freeze in the US, waiting for a decision that is not so easy to arrive at.
In the majority of IVF treatment cycles, several embryos are frozen as “back up” in case the current cycle doesn’t work. Some speculate that frozen [...]
Tags: disposition options, frozen embryos, IVF
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Here are some troubling study results that bring bad news to both parents and doctors who had anything to do with assisted reproductive techniques – babies born via in vitro fertilization (IVF) have 2 to 4 times higher likelihood of having birth defects compared to babies conceived naturally, according to an article in the New [...]
Tags: assisted reproduction, birth defects, IVF
Posted in: Baby, Pregnancy
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On June 29, 2008, the world?s first ?pregnant man? gave birth to a baby girl. Ever since then, Thomas, Nancy, and Susan Beatie have lived in seclusion, refusing media appearances, and quite a bit of money, in order to be a normal family. But in Thomas?s own words, “Hiding a pregnant man is like hiding [...]
Tags: IVF, Labor of Love, pregnant man, Pregnant Man's Book, transgender
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IVF babies which developed from frozen embryos are much healthier compared to those which developed from fresh embryos. This is according to three different studies in three different countries in three continents, as reported by several news dailies, including the British paper The Herald.
Study #1:
A Finnish study observed that babies from fresh embryos have 35% [...]
Tags: fresh embryos, frozen embryos, IVF
Posted in: Current Events, Pregnancy
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