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Can you predict your unborn baby's sex?
By Kyrsty Hazell on 16/02/2011 16:05:57
Old wives' tales on predicting the sex of your baby, for all you mums-to-be who can't wait for your 20-week scan!
.Your age at the time you conceivedYour age apparently can help you predicting your baby’s sex. If your age when you fell pregnant and the year of conception are both even, or both odd, the baby is a girl. If they are mismatched, you’re having a boy
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59-year-old gives birth to twins
By Laura Lee Davies on 04/07/2006 11:31:52
An American woman has given birth to twins at the age of 59, after donor egg treatment.
women, a key problem in conception is deterioration of the quality of their eggs. Storing their own eggs at a younger age, or using donor eggs can considerably enchance the chances of successful conception, pregnancy and birth for older women
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What you eat before you’re pregnant may help your baby
By Liz Stansfield on 06/10/2010 11:57:36
Study suggests eating your greens before your even conceive can help your baby
. Researchers then measured the babies born to the mums, with 376 babies classed as small for their gestational age at birth.Experts reckon they’ve found a link between the amount of leafy green vegetables eaten before conception and healthy birth weights
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What is the success rate of IVF?
By Laura Lee Davies on 28/12/2006 02:11:33
Although medical treatment nowadays might achieve what would have seemed like a miracle a generation ago, IVF isn't a guarantee of successful conception. So what are the chances?
for women aged 38 or 39; for women aged 40 to 42 years it was 10.6 per cent.These were the rates for successful fresh IVF treatment using the woman's own eggs.If you are thinking about having IVF or another form of assisted conception, the HFEA website has a
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IVF - facts and figures
By Laura Lee Davies on 06/06/2007 01:34:47
The IVF success rate even for women under 35 is less than 30 per cent, but what other stats should you know about?
to 42.The success rate of conception and pregnancy using donor sperm insemination produce quite low success rates. Currently around 14 per cent for women under 35, dropping to just under five per cent for women aged 40 to 42.For more about what assisted
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Will IVF work for me?
By Daniella Delaney on 09/09/2011 13:55:46
Thinking of exploring fertility treatments and want to know what chance you have of IVF success?
The first question everybody wants to know when they're exploring fertility treatments is, what are my chances of success with IVF?It's down to many factors. The age of the woman is the most important factor when women are using their own eggs. As a
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Taking your vitamins does help conception, new study finds
By Kimberley Smith on 05/12/2011 12:32:19
Vitamin and mineral supplements found to double women’s chance of getting pregnant
Taking a multi-vitamin pill every day could more than double your chance of getting pregnant, according to a new study.Researchers found that women taking a conception supplement that included folic acid and vitamins C and E and minerals zinc
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29 is the most popular age to get pregnant
By Amanda Pauley on 20/06/2011 13:57:04
Women vote it the best time to start a family in the UK
Women in the UK have voted 29 the ideal age to have a baby with 59% of the vote.Just before the dreaded 3-0 is when most are financially secure enough to afford the costs of a little one.The research, compiled by Clearblue, revealed that by this age
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Young women don’t know how to make a baby
By Cerys Edwards on 25/03/2011 15:47:41
Fertility confusion among UK women of childbearing age revealed by survey
Women in the UK of childbearing age are less clued up about baby making than you might think, a survey has revealed. Common fertility myths include a third of women thinking you cannot get pregnant on your period but nearly half thinking
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Trying to conceive under 30 and over 30
By Laura Lee Davies on 18/02/2008 01:41:56
How long should you expect it to take for you to get pregnant if you are aged under 30 or over 30
regular?These two things have a huge influence on your increased chances of conception and are important to address whether you are under 30 or over 30.TTC under 30It is true that egg quality wanes with age (age also seems to affect the chances
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