So you’ve been trying for a baby and so far, you’ve had no luck. You may be wondering if you’re infertile, but now a new study has shown that high stress levels may be a reason why you’ve not...
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Does stress really affect your chance of conception?
Monday, August 23rd, 2010Common conditions that cause infertility
Monday, August 9th, 2010It’s a fact that around one in six couples in the UK will need help to get pregnant, and more couples than ever are needing IVF to have a baby. But why are so many women seemingly not able to get pregnant naturally?......
Read More »IVF Babies – Greater Risk of Defects?
Monday, June 14th, 2010
There has been much coverage across the media today about a new study which apparently shows that IVF babies are ‘twice as likely’ than naturally conceived babies to have malformations and defects. Behind these sensationalised headlines, the study conducted by scientists in France found there was a small increased risk to babies born through assisted...
Read More »Why IVF doesn’t work – is pollution to blame?
Friday, June 11th, 2010According to researchers in the USA, a new study has revealed that women who live in heavily-polluted areas near busy roads have less chance of IVF being a success. The results of the study, which compared the success rates of over 7,500 USA IVF patients with levels of...
Read More »Surrogacy Laws – is it safe to go abroad?
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010For many couples, surrogacy can be their only option of having a baby. But if a couple uses a surrogate from abroad, they risk the chance of not being recognised as its legal parents. According to latest news stories, couples who pay extra ‘fees’ to secure a foreign surrogate’s services are flouting British laws which restrict payments for surrogacy. In the UK, you can only pay ‘expenses reasonably incurred’, such as compensation for missing work, medical care and living costs, and this applies whether your surrogate comes from the UK or...
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