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Kylie Minogue reveals that she's considering egg donation
By Kyrsty Hazell on 07/12/2010 12:27:58
Singer admits that her chances of conceiving will be "very hard" and that she is looking into egg donation in a bid to become a mum
, the 42-year-old singer admitted that she's "looking into various options" and wouldn't rule anything out, including an egg donor."I don't know if I'm going to go down any of those roads yet, but I do need to look at what might be potential paths that lead
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IVF fee deal to women who donate eggs
By Laura Lee Davies on 28/07/2006 10:11:39
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority have given a UK clinic the license to offer reduced fee incentives to IVF couples who donate spare eggs for research.
The HFEA (who regulate human fertilisation treatment and embryo research in the UK) have agreed that a clinic in north east England can offer the incentive of reduced fees for IVF in return for the donation of spare eggs, for the purposes
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Should sperm donors get more recognition?
By Kimberley Smith on 20/10/2010 12:45:42
Men who donate sperm should receive more money than egg donors, says fertility campaigner
Sperm donation needs to be better understood as a serious commitment, the chair of the UK’s National Gamete Donation Trust has claimed. Laura Wiitjens has suggested that people see sperm donation as less worthy than egg donation.In an opinion piece
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Woman advertises eggs on internet to pay student debt
By Kimberley Smith on 05/05/2010 14:49:34
Fertility experts warn egg donors to use official IVF clinics after woman offers eggs for sale on Gumtree
A woman used the free classified website Gumtree to try to sell her eggs to couples having trouble conceiving.Marje Khan, who attended Brunel University 10 years ago, told the Evening Standard she hoped to earn £4,500 from her eggs to pay off some
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Spanish embryo adoption programme – is it a good idea?
By Cassandra Kempster-Roberts on 22/07/2010 14:05:41
A fertility clinic in Spain is in the headlines for running an embryo adoption scheme that wouldn’t be allowed here in the UK.
, in Britain more than 1,500 fertility treatments were undertaken with donated eggs in 2007, but only 221 treatments involved donated embryos.If you do travel abroad for fertility treatment, you need to make sure you’re aware of the rules and regulations
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Shortage of donor eggs in Britain forces couples to go abroad for IVF
By Liz Stansfield on 05/07/2010 14:01:12
Study shows Spain is the fertility tourist hotspot
A shortage of donor eggs in the UK is making couples go abroad for IVF treatment, research by the Economic and Social Research Council has found.Since laws were introduced in the UK to prevent women donating their eggs anonymously, waiting lists
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Sperm donor supply questioned
By Laura Lee Davies on 09/06/2006 01:30:03
The HFEA deny suggestions that changes to the law have reduced the number of willing sperm donors.
if she uses the donated egg of a younger woman.)The HFEA have detailed information about the logistics and legal aspects of sperm and egg donation, which is valuable to anyone considering becoming a donor or anyone thinking of trying for a baby using
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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
reviewing its egg and sperm donation policies, but the shortage of donors has already led to suggestions that the fee for egg and sperm donations should be increased.Find out more…Rod Stewart's sperm raced to fertility clinicNHS to save money by suspending
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Multiple Pregnancy after IVF
By Sarah Lawson on 11/11/2008 02:35:06
Why do doctors try to avoid you getting pregnant with twins or triplets if you have IVF treatment?
treatment. Now the maximum is two for women under the age of 40 and a maximum of three for women aged 40 or over who are using their own eggs. (If they are using donated eggs, the maximum is two).If you want to weigh up the pros and cons of the risk
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Researchers claim older women can be new mothers
By Laura Lee Davies on 23/10/2006 09:54:10
American researchers say that older women do not suffer the stress or physical risks of new motherhood, in a new study.
fertility treatment with donated eggs, between 1992 and 2004.The women had to log their experiences and the results showed that even women in their fifties did not seem to experience increased stress or physical impairment when caring for a young child
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