St. Louis Post Dispatch, Jan 26, 2012 Under names such as low-intensity IVF, eco-IVF and even patient-friendly IVF — a technique of in vitro fertilization is increasing in use with promises to be safer, cheaper and easier on patients trying to have a baby. The technique involves mildly stimulating a woman's ovaries with less drugs to produce far fewer eggs than routine IVF. After the eggs are fertilized in a laboratory, the resulting embryos are usually frozen and implanted in the uterus a few months later during a woman's natural menstrual cycle.
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MercuryNews.com, Jan 24, 2012 Becoming pregnant at age 47 wasn't a worry for Robin Brussel. "I enjoyed every minute of being pregnant," she said. Still, it was a surprise. "I thought I was going through pre-menopause," she said. "It just happened." Many pregnancies later in life tend to be through in vitro fertilization, but statistics are vague because record keepers often don't distinguish between natural and assisted conceptions such as in vitro fertilization.
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KMOV.com, Dec 14, 2011 The owner of a former fertility brokerage company pleaded guilty on Wednesday after being accused of scamming women who donated their eggs. According to officials, Janae Helgerson defrauded six women in Missouri and in other states. Helgerson's company, Midwest Egg Donation, connected egg donors to couples. According to the U.S. Attorney for the eastern district of Missouri, couples paid for the medical procedures and gave money to Helgerson to pay egg donors. Helgerson was supposed to keep an "agency fee" and give the rest of the money to the donors. U.S.
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the St. Louis American, Aug 18, 2011 Doctors say female infertility can be caused by health issues, physical factors, hormone problems, lifestyle factors or environmental factors. The National Office on Women’s Health says two-thirds of the time, factors causing infertility are either from the male or female; and a third of the time the cause of the problem is unknown. Dr. Elan Simckes, a fertility specialist at Fertility Partnership in St. Peters, said a higher incidence of tubal disease and fibroid tumors are the two main culprits for infertility in African American women.
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