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IVF postcode lottery pushing couples abroad for fertility treatment
By Jayne Braithwaite on 30/06/2011 13:40:23
Lack of donors and variations in NHS funding force infertile couples elsewhere for IVF
, called for more emphasis on raising awareness of the need for egg and sperm donors. They also insisted the NHS must follow NICE guidelines to offer couples three IVF cycles, wherever they live.The IVF ‘postcode lottery’, which refers to the differences
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Lesbian couple become pregnant by same sperm donor at same time
By Anna Lewis on 15/02/2012 16:11:48
Lesbian couple give birth to half brother and sister five days apart
Lesbian couple Kirsty Cox and Anna Jones have both become mums after a DIY artificial insemination from the same sperm donor.“We have two beautiful babies and we’re a really happy family,” Anna said.Kirsty and Anna, who married in 2010, were both
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IVF hope for younger couples
By Kimberley Smith on 11/05/2010 14:18:08
Number of couples receiving IVF treatment increases threefold after NHS Oxfordshire lowers free treatment age to 30
The number of couples approved for IVF treatment at the Oxford Fertility Unit has trebled compared to the same period last year, after NHS Oxfordshire agreed to consider couples below the 35-39 age bracket.Until December last year, NHS Oxfordshire
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Hope for couples worried about cuts in IVF
By Daniella Delaney on 09/02/2011 11:38:56
NHS warns health trusts of their responsibility to couples desperately hoping for fertility treatment
Couples who feared they'd missed out on their chance of IVF because of recent budget cuts have been given a lifeline by an NHS top dog.Deputy chief executive of the NHS, David Flory, has circulated a letter to all 152 Primary Care Trusts in England
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US couples compete in competition to win free IVF
By Sophie Westnedge on 21/06/2012 15:52:18
American fertility clinic holds contest selecting three couples out of 45 to win a free cycle of IVF
A controversial contest in the US has seen 45 couples compete to win a free IVF cycle, reports TIME magazine.The contest called the “I Believe Video Journal Project”, run by Sher Fertility Insitute in Las Vegas, offered couples who were struggling
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Couple advertise leftover IVF embryos on the Internet
By Sophie Westnedge on 15/05/2012 12:12:51
A couple who had 18 spare embryos after IVF shift them online
An American couple, who underwent IVF treatment, have advertised 18 leftover embryos online in an “open adoption”.Deb and Kevin McCrea were left with 18 spare embryos after having fertility treatment and becoming parents to two boys and a girl
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Five couples ‘win a baby’ on the radio
By Kimberley Smith on 12/10/2011 15:40:40
Winners of a Canadian radio station’s IVF competition finally announced, after bosses fail to pick just one deserving couple
The Canadian radio station that ran a competition to “win a baby” has announced its winners. Ottawa Hot 89.9 ran the competition to offer free IVF treatment to one couple struggling to get pregnant.The station said its idea was to raise awareness
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Couples more likely to conceive with nutritional therapy than IVF
By Kimberley Smith on 08/02/2011 13:33:49
Pregnancy success rates for couples following a healthy nutritional plan is higher than IVF, according to research
A good diet could be more successful for getting pregnant than fertility treatment, reveals a new study.The research by Foresight, a charity that helps couples conceive naturally, has suggested that nutritional therapy can be 30% more successful
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UK couples travelling for IVF unprotected by insurance
By Kimberley Smith on 03/12/2010 13:30:34
Having IVF treatment abroad may risk invalidating your travel insurance if you don’t read the small print
Though it’s becoming increasingly popular for British couples to travel abroad for fertility treatment, there may be hidden risks you haven’t even considered.According to the Infertility Network UK, 76% of British couples struggling to conceive
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Couples head to Eastern Europe for cheap IVF
By Tessa Watkins on 06/04/2010 16:36:35
Women seek treatment for a quarter of UK cost
Thousands of British women hoping to be mums are abandoning the UK and heading to Eastern Europe for IVF. Fertility treatment in clinics in the Czech Republic, Romania, the Ukraine and Russia is a quarter of the cost of private treatment in the UK. Clinics in the Czech Republic c...
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