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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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BBC looking for participants for pregnancy series
By ThinkBaby on 28/09/2005 12:51:47
100 couples to set their experiences alongside the science of fertility through birth
The BBC are looking for couples who are thinking about having a baby, or actively trying to conceive, to take part in a new series looking at the science behind fertility, conception and pregnancy. The series is to be made in conjunction
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Trying to get pregnant? Why walking, gardening and cycling could help
By Sophie Westnedge on 18/04/2012 10:01:51
Research suggests that moderate exercise regimes could help when trying to conceive
A new study suggests that, for women who are trying to get pregnant, moderate physical exercise could help their conception success. The study, published in the journal Fertility and Sterility, claims to have found that moderate physical exercise
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Apprentice star’s ‘miracle baby’ joy
By Sophie Westnedge on 11/06/2012 14:34:07
Karen Bremner reveals she’s pregnant after being told she was infertile
Former Apprentice star Karen Bremner has revealed she’s pregnant with her second child after she was told she was infertile, reports the Daily Record.Karen, mum to 8-year-old Cameron, had abandoned all hope of having a second baby after doctors told her she had unexplained infert...
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Five million test tube babies born to date
By Sophie Westnedge on 04/07/2012 09:48:17
IVF hits a remarkable milestone
Technologies (Icmart) as a “remarkable milestone” for fertility treatments, reports BBC News.“This technology has been highly successful in treating infertile patients. Millions of families with children have been created, thereby reducing the burden
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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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First baby born by CCTV
By Sophie Westnedge on 24/04/2012 14:14:17
IVF baby has been born using embryo video monitor
been installed by Care, the UK's biggest provider of fertility serives, in its Manchester clinic. The clinic claims it has boosted the pregnancy success rate among IVF patients by 44%, and another 74 women are pregnant thanks to the video monitor. So
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Sperm count more important than career
By Cassandra Kempster-Roberts on 17/03/2010 14:24:08
A good career, good looks and being popular with the opposite sex are less important than a healthy sperm count, if a new poll is to be believed
A healthy sperm count means more to men than being popular with women or having a successful job, according to a new survey looking at life’s top priorities.The poll of 3,000 men saw the lads ranking a healthy sperm count equal third with healthy bank balances, reports the Press ...
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New rules insist only one in ten IVF births be multiple
By Anna Lewis on 09/02/2012 14:16:02
Only one in ten births following IVF treatment should be twins or triplets under new regulations
Fertility clinics have been told to reduce the number of multiple pregnancies that result from IVF treatment.Multiple births are the biggest risk associated with the treatment, so the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has lowered
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67-year-old has twins
By Sarah Lawson on 31/12/2006 00:07:05
A new record has been set for the world's oldest mother, as a 67-year-old gives birth in Spain.
A woman in her late sixties, has given birth to twins at a hospital in Spain.She became pregnant after undergoing fertility treatment in South America, and has given birth by caesarian section, in Barcelona.The woman becomes the oldest person
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