Archive for September, 2010
Prenatal depression symptoms
Awareness about post-partum depression (PPD) has been growing in recent years, and new mothers and doctors both know about the symptoms. What is much less known is that depression can also strike during pregnancy. It is extremely common to be told how happy and overjoyed you are when you are pregnant. If you are not [...]
UK fertility watchdog to scrutinize sperm donor websites?
Do you remember the dating site Beautiful People’s announcement that they would set up an online donor site for “beatiful people”? I was quite outraged when they came out with that news, but everyone who has ever looked up “sperm donor” on Google knows that there are tons of websites where potential sperm donors and [...]
How likely are embryo mix-ups to happen at your fertility clinic?
Embryo mix-ups, where one couple undergoing IVF ends up pregnant with another family’s child, has got to be a major fear somewhere in the heads of anyone undergoing this procedure. Does anyone remember the episode of Desperate Housewives where Gabi and Carlos’ surrogate mother gives birth to another family’s baby? It is easy to understand [...]
Best fertility clinics for male infertility
Infertility is on the rise – approximately 15 percent of all couples now struggles to get pregnant. Statistics show that male infertility is partly responsible for 50 percent of those cases, and solely responsible for 30 percent of all infertility. Are you among those couples for whom male infertility is preventing you from conceiving a [...]
Can you deliver vaginally if you have genital warts?
Being pregnant and being diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease adds a whole new dimension to your usual prenatal worries. If you have genital warts, you have to decide how you are going to treat them during pregnancy. But genital warts are well known for the fact that they are persistent. Because the virus that [...]
Becoming an egg donor in Michigan
Every year, hundreds of couples in Michigan, like tens of thousands of couples around the world, achieving their dreams of having a child with the help of women who donate their eggs. Becoming an egg donor in Michigan is very similar to becoming an egg donor anywhere else in the United States, except that governmental [...]
Increase your IVF success
In vitro fertilization, also known as IVF, is a nerve wracking, expensive, months-long process. Here are seven simple steps every couple can consider, however, to increase chances of success.
Becoming an egg donor in Illinois
Every year, tens of thousands of couples trying to conceive are only able to have a child with the help of an egg donor. The medical process of becoming an egg donor in the state of Illinois is the same as anywhere else, but the legal process of becoming an egg donor is unusually straightforward.
Are IVF children smarter?
Have you ever read about concerns that children born with the help of IVF have a higher chance of suffering from autism (see autism rates and IVF), or birth defects, or other health problems? One new study conducted by the University of Iowa actually suggests that IVF children do better with academic tests than the [...]
Sciatica during pregnancy – are there any cures?
The sciatic nerve is the largest one in the body – it enables your legs to move and to feel, so it is quite an essential nerve! It passes under the uterus and stretches to the legs, and when you are pregnant, your baby can press on the sciatic nerve in such a way that [...]
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