KHOU.com, July 17, 2012 Andrew Gracin is the third of the Mallon children. Despite being born as a singleton, he, four-year-old Julianna and two-year-old AnnaSophia are actually triplets. They were all conceived in a petri dish on October 26, 2007. Julianna was born nine months later thanks to in vitro fertilization. Her brother and sister waited their turn in frozen limbo. As a result, more multiples — separated by years — are being born into modern families via in vitro fertilization every day.
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Click 2 Houston, May 2, 2012 Lauren Perkins, 28, and David Perkins, 29, had trouble conceiving, which led to fertility treatment and the surprise of expecting six babies. The couple said they did consider selective reduction, but could not bring themselves to do it. The sextuplets were born to the Pearland couple on April 23 at the Texas Children's Pavilion for Women. The three boys and three girls weighed between 1.10 pounds to 2.15 pounds at birth.
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Click 2 Houston, Nov 22, 2011 A Houston man has launched a unique court battle, claiming his twin sons resulted from his sperm being stolen and taken to a Houston fertility clinic without his knowledge. Joe Pressil, a 36-year-old telecommunications manager, said he hadn't considered having a family, and his religious beliefs would never allow him to visit a fertility clinic or participate in any form of artificial insemination. Yet three months after he broke up with his girlfriend, she became pregnant with his sperm at a Texas fertility clinic.
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WFAA, Women undergoing fertility treatments often end up with twins or triplets. Now, a San Antonio study is helping test different treatments to see which one is most likely to yield a single baby. UT Medicine is looking for infertile couples to volunteer. They must have tried unsuccessfully for at least a year to get pregnant. The woman must be between 18 and 40.
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ABC 13, May 24, 2011 Women undergoing in vitro fertilization usually transfer two or three embryos at a time, hoping to improve the odds of having a baby. But a Dr. George Grunert with Fertility Specialists of Houston. is bucking the trend, saying one embryo at a time is best — and he's offering to do a second embryo transfer free if his patients don't get pregnant the first time.
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KCBD, April 20, 2011 Lubbock's KCBD news anchor Christy Moreland is in Spokane, Washington. Her sister-in-law Donna had a difficult time conceiving with her first child, so Christy is becoming an egg donor for Donna's second child. Egg donors come forward about 20 times a year in Lubbock, and about 7,000 couples go through the program nationwide.
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WLBT3, Sept 28, 2010 More people are choosing the gender of their child Some people dream of having a baby girl or a boy.
It used to be those matters were left to chance, but not anymore.
Today more people are choosing the gender of their child, a practice that's raising some eyebrows.
The Johnson house is full of testosterone, with four boys.
Four months ago the "all male" streak was broken.
Baby Ava arrived, but not by chance.
"We wanted a girl and we did what we had to do to have a daughter," says Nolana Johnson.
The Johnsons went to the only fertility clinic in Texas that offers gender selection, the Sher Institute in Dallas.
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WFAA-TV, Aug 3, 2010 Mom delivers three boys and two girls A Houston family waited five years for five tiny miracles.
Veronica Real-Mayorga delivered three boys and two girls Saturday. They range in weight from 2 pounds, 14 ounces, to 3 pounds,14 ounces.
She and her husband Enrique spent years trying to have another baby, and finally she got pregnant with the help of fertility drugs.
Aaron, Priscilla Sofia, Matilde, Joel, and Isaac are all in good health so far, considering they were born almost 11 weeks premature. Two of the newborns are already breathing on their own.
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Time, July 9, 2010 As fertility declines, women become more sexually active A new journal article suggests that evolutionary forces push women to be more sexual, although in unexpected ways.
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