29th November 2012
A gay couple has been granted the right to be recognized as the legal parents of twin boys born to a surrogate mother living in India. The surrogacy agreement was arranged in 2010 at the cost of 17,000 pounds (approx. $25,000). The surrogate was inseminated with the sperm of one of the two male partners […]
28th November 2012
This post has been written in response to an MFC reader’s suggestion to include a graph on our site depicting the relationship between a woman’s age and her fertility. Although many women would like to be able to turn back the hands of time on their “biological clocks”, the reality is that women’s fertility declines […]
27th November 2012
In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a common infertility treatment, which involves a woman taking medications in preparation for a surgery where some of her eggs are removed from her ovaries. These eggs are fertilized with her partner’s sperm or the sperm of a donor. One or two of the resulting embryos are then transferred into […]
25th November 2012
Written by our medical expert, Stephen Hudson, MD. Your diabetes may or may not be a factor in why you are having difficulty getting pregnant. However – the most important thing you need to be aware of (and you likely are!) is that with diabetes there are potentially increased risks to both the baby and […]