They Say: Lie Still to Get Pregnant

According to researchers, there is one thing that women undergoing artificial insemination can do that might help increase their chances of getting pregnant: Nothing.

In a study of intrauterine insemination success rates,  390 couples were given three cycles of treatment.  Half the women were instructed to lie still for fifteen minutes after the procedure.  The other half were allowed to get up and move around immediately after the treatment.  After the first cycle, 10% of the women who were still for fifteen minutes became pregnant.  This is compared to 7% of the women who were active immediately after the procedure. 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 »

Doctor Who Cared for First US IVF Baby Dies

If you have an IVF baby, or care about one, an important person to your family building has passed away. Dr. Fred Wirth, a neonatologist who cared for the first US baby born via an in vitro fertilization process, died Oct. 5 at the age of 68. The cause of death was pancreatic cancer.

It was Wirth who pronounced that baby, Elizabeth Carr, healthy and normal in a nationally televised news conference on the day she was born in 1981. As common as IVF is now, back then there were grave concerns about what would happen with these “test-tube babies.” Continue reading »

Fertility Clinic Mixes Up Embryos

Carolyn Savage did not choose to be a surrogate mother. But after a fertility clinic implanted the wrong embryo in her womb, she found herself carrying another couple’s baby. And although her fertility doctor gave her the option of aborting, Savage and her husband never considered that an option. 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 »

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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72-Year-Old Wants to Be World’s Oldest Mother

She’s seventy-two, but Jenny Brown says she’s ready to be a mother. No matter how much it costs.

The British woman is about to undergo her seventh course of IVF in attempts to become pregnant at an age four years past the age of the current oldest new mom in the world (who just died at sixty-nine).

And that’s not all, she’s asking women to come forward Continue reading »

Fast-Tracking Fertility Treatments: Babies for All?

Good news may be on the horizon for childless couples who are weighing the option of infertility treatments. A method designed to fast-track fertility treatments may save couples money . . . and ensure a better chance that mom will get pregnant. Continue reading »

Octomom: I Screwed Up My Kids’ Lives

In a series of candid interviews with Radar online, Nadya Suleman let’s it all out, answering questions that those who have followed her story have asked themselves more than once.

For example, the sperm donor. What’s the deal with him?

Eight more babies after already having six? What the hell was she thinking?

Survival? What’s the plan?

Any regrets? Turns out, plenty! Continue reading »