Surrogacy is an idea as old as the biblical story of Sarah and Abraham in the book of Genesis. Sarah was infertile, so Abraham fathered children with the couple’s maid. Today, there are many more options for people who want to grow their families — and for the would-be surrogates who want to help.
The Uniform Parentage Act, last revised in 2002 … recognizes that as many as five adults can be involved in the production of a single child … as opposed to one dominated by genetics. With regard to assisted conception,
More Nigerian couples who are unable to naturally conceive and have their children because of one medical challenge
LONDON — More than three decades after Britain produced the world’s first test-tube baby, Europe is a patchwork of restrictions for people who need help having a child. Many countries have strict rules on who is allowed to get fertility treatments. And recent court rulings suggest nothing’s likely to change anytime soon. France and Italy…
re-posted from Rutland & Stamford Mercury A South Yorkshire teaching assistant whose twin daughters were carried by her cousin is fighting for maternity rights for mothers of children born through surrogacy. Jane Kassim was born without a womb and her cousin Amy Bellamy, 26, agreed to help her to have children. Isla Jane and Ivy…
Women who donate eggs aren’t harming their chances of later becoming pregnant, a new study from Belgium finds.
Out of a group of 60 women who had donated eggs, 54 later became pregnant within a year of trying to conceive, and three more women became pregnant within 18 months of trying to conceive, all without reproductive assistance, the findings showed.
CHICAGO — New research says obesity during pregnancy might increase chances for having a child with autism.
It’s among the first studies linking the two. It doesn’t prove obesity causes autism, but the authors say their results raise public health concerns because of the high level of obesity in the U.S.
For some women being pregnant is very easy and they love to be able to help a couple who can’t carry a child. I would like to point out that in 15 years of working with egg donors and surrogates I have yet to encounter a surrogate who was getting $250,000 for being a surrogate…
From raising public awareness of donation to making the process less off-putting, could these steps see giving eggs and sperm become somewhat more common to talk about or do?
IVF clinics aren’t doing enough to encourage people to donate eggs and sperm, the head of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), the fertility watchdog, has suggested.
In a new push to raise awareness of egg and sperm donation, chair of the HFEA Lisa Jardine has said she wanted egg donation to become as “obvious as blood donation”.
Infertility takes its toll. It wreaks havoc on our finances, our bodies, our
marriages, our friendships, our identities and sometimes our souls. All we want is a child
to love, care for, nurture, and endow with all that we have fantasized for years.