Fertility News

Oklahoma Legislation Would Make Compensating Egg Donors Illegal

Consider that young couple with the beautiful children. Picture the kids’ smiles, their laughter, their infectious joy.

Now imagine the world without those children. The couple not raising a family. Grandparents without their grandkids. Uncles and aunts unable to spoil their nieces or nephews. The children’s choir at church with fewer voices.

Because that is the consequence of House Bill 3077, which I will hereby dub the Oklahoma Anti-Family Act of 2010.

Study Details How and Why of BPA’s Dangers to Fertility

Exposing a female fetus to a chemical found in plastics causes permanent changes in a daughter’s uterus that might result in cancer — and a research team led by a Yale doctor has figured out why.

Bisphenol A is commonly found in plastics (those with a “7” code on the bottom), in the lining of aluminum cans and in dental sealants. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expressed concern about potential effects of BPA on the brain and reproductive organs, though the link is not definitive.

Giuliana Rancic: Scrutiny on My Weight Is Driving Me "Crazy"

Giuliana Rancic - who recently opened up about her struggles to get pregnant - is tired of people obsessing about her weight. Blogger Perez Hilton recently even urged her to gain a few pounds: "You'll look so much better and you'll be that much more likely to have a baby."

"Even tonight, I got a Google alert that I debuted my pre-baby weight gain," the E! anchor, 34, told UsMagazine.com after the Oscars Sunday.

Acupuncture for Depression During Pregnancy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

A new study to estimate the efficacy of acupuncture for depression during pregnancy in a randomized controlled trial examined 150 pregnant women who met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition) criteria for major depressive disorder. They were randomized to receive either acupuncture specific for depression or one of two active controls: control acupuncture or massage. Treatments lasted 8 weeks (12 sessions).

Cops: Infertility Treatment Cost Led to Arsons

Police say a fire department volunteer set fire to his home twice in two days because he wanted insurance money to pay for infertility treatment for his wife.

Forty-one-year-old Ralph Brown pleaded not guilty Wednesday to arson and other charges. He remains jailed.

Police say Brown set fire to his home on Friday morning and then again on Saturday night. Police say the first fire was started by crossing wires, the second with a torch. Read more.

Lupron: Do the Risks Outweigh the Benefits?

Lupron has not received the same widespread media attention to which other medications have been subjected, but for some patients, Lupron side effects can be devastating. Some say the drug is dangerous; others call it a poison. A number of websites have sprung up to provide Lupron users with a forum in which to share their experiences and debate the drug's pros and cons. Even some medical experts have come out against Lupron, arguing that the risks outweigh the benefits.

Men, Too: Infertility Is Not Just a Female Problem

Jay and Kelli Leiner were high school sweethearts, got married right after college and decided to start a family at age 26.

Men also can struggle with infertility when couples try to conceive.
"I was one of those little girls who had a baby doll clutched in her hands from the beginning. I've always known that I wanted to be a mother," Kelli Leiner said.

But both are now 31 and they've found the journey to parenthood to be long and painful.

Kids Born Via IVF Mostly Faring Well into Adulthood

Young adults who were conceived through in-vitro fertilization are doing as well as the average young American as far as physical health, though their rates of certain psychological problems appear elevated, a new study finds.

The study, published in the journal of the Fertility and Sterility, is a follow-up of the first generation of U.S. children conceived via IVF. All were born between 1981 and 1990 through the IVF program at Eastern Virginia Medical School, where the first IVF baby in the U.S. was born, in 1981.

No Heterosexual Partner? It's Called "Social Factor Infertility"

As I considered what new "face of infertility" to focus on in today's blog, I decided to honor March 3, 2010, a historic day in Washington D.C. where couples waited in line for hours to apply for marriage licenses on the first day same sex unions became legal in the nation's capital. One rarely thinks of same sex couples as "infertile," but the absence of a heterosexual partner means that they must give careful and deliberate consideration to how to enlarge their families.

Storing Embryos

It's a dilemma parents struggling with infertility face, you find success and then have to decide what to do with extra embryos.

It's a concern everywhere, including right here in Charlotte storing thousands of frozen embryos and parents not ready to make a decision about what to do with them.

In the entire country, that figure reaches a quarter million.

What to do with them is one of the hardest decisions for parents. Watch this video.