New test Can Predict Fertility Decline

Unlike a lot of people who deal with infertility, I had a diagnosis and an expectation that things would go not so well long before I was remotely interested in having kids. I was diagnosed with PCOS at age 23 and my wonderful primary care doctor was fairly nonchalant about the fact that when I did want to get pregnant, a little Clomid would do the trick.

It didn’t. But at least I was able to tell my now-husband that getting pregnant might not be so easy once things started getting serious, so neither of us were especially surprised when things didn’t go so well. Many of my friends who also faced down infertility said they envied me that, that I was able to tell my partner long before we were formally committed and let him decide if he was up for the challenges we might face.

A new genetic test might give a new group of women that chance. Continue reading »

A Map Through Infertility

It’s a trying time for would-be parents, so wouldn’t it be nice to have a road map for the infertility process?

One that will hopefully lead you TO fertility?

Melissa Ford doesn’t promise she’ll get you pregnant, but her book Navigating the Land of If: Understanding Fertility and Exploring Your Options is one worth taking on the journey. Continue reading »

OctoMom 2? Woman on 12th Kid with IVF

An Australian woman who just gave birth to her eleventh and twelfth children - most with the help of fertility treatments - may be on track to become the next OctoMom.

Nadya Suleman made headlines first for having eight babies at once, but the outrage was over the six kids she ALREADY had at home. And much of that swirled around the doctors who allowed it happen.

So what’s the story with Dale Chalk? Continue reading »

RIP Cookie, Hello Conceive Magazine

It’s been a bad year for print and parenting with Cookie’s demise this week and Wondertime earlier this year. If we breeders ever needed some good news, it was now.

So here it is: Just as Conde was pulling plugs, Bonnier Corp was actually shelling out cash this week - and for a parenting title to boot. Continue reading »

13’s Lucky for Woman Who Tried IVF Dozen Times

Who says thirteen’s an unlucky number? It was the luckiest of all for the first woman ever to give birth using a new egg-screening technique.

It was the British mom’s thirteenth attempt at in vitro fertilization (IVF), and after a dozen failed IVF cycles, doctors opted for comparative genomic hybridization (CGH). Continue reading »

Tunisia Woman Says She’s Carrying 12 Babies

Still shocked over OctoMom? A woman in Tunisia says she’s got twelve fetuses cooking inside her belly, and she’s keeping them ALL.

Not yet identified, the woman is apparently a teacher with a history of miscarriage. She and her husband sought fertility treatments thinking at first that they might have twins. Then came the doctor’s news - six female fetuses and six male. Continue reading »

Fertility Doctor Claims IVF Is Unnecessary. Really.

Hey, infertiles! Did you know that your problems are maybe caused by running too much? Or by being obese? Somewhat conflicting, that? Then you’ll enjoy this charming little interview of Dr. Sami David by someone named Julie Menin.

She interviewed David, who apparently did the first IVF in New York State and has been in the fertility field for 30 yars, for her Internet TV show Give And Take.

And that sound you are going to hear in about five minutes, after y’all click and watch, is infertile women in New York and across the country tearing their hair out in unison. Continue reading »

IVF Overused By Impatient Doctors, Says Expert

Dr. Sami David, one of the first doctors to ever perform a successful IVF procedure in New York, spoke out this week about what he sees as the overuse of the procedure.

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Condom Use Will Make You Crazy: Doc Says So

Welcome to a little section we like to call: insanely stupid study results of the week! Because here you were thinking that people who use condoms just didn’t want any more kids (or any at all)?

Wrong! A psychologist at a Scottish university says condom users are ripe for suicide and depression!

All this over a thin sheet of latex? Do tell. Continue reading »

Bob Saget Jr? A Sperm Bank Offers Celebrity Look-A-Likes

Do you love, and I mean love Bob Saget. Have you ever wanted to have Bob Saget’s baby? Now is your chance to produce offspring that perhaps kinda sorta resembles Bob Saget. And you won’t have to actually stalk, meet, seduce and get knocked up by the real thing.

D-Listed discovered a sperm bank in Los Angeles that is offering a Donor Search Look-a-Like. If Bob Saget doesn’t rock your boat, you can also become impregnated with look-a-like sperm of celebrities like Continue reading »