Archive for tag 'Conception'. Page 1 of 1

  • 14th
    Jun
    2010

    IVF Babies - Greater Risk of Defects?

    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 conception.

    Just over 4% of the 15,000 children they studied, who had all been born as a result of treatment in fertility centres, ha...

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  • 22nd
    Apr
    2010

    Surrogacy Laws - is it safe to go abroad?

    For 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 thi...

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  • 12th
    Apr
    2010

    Struggling to have a second baby? You may have secondary infertility

    If you’ve already had a healthy baby, and are looking to have another child, it’s natural to assume that you’ll get pregnant with no problems, just as you did before. However, did you know that infertility can strike even when you’ve successfully conceived before? Being unable to get pregnant again, even if you’ve already got a child, is called secondary infertility...

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  • 6th
    Apr
    2010

    Celebrity Older Mums - how did they conceive?

    What do Hollywood actresses Halle Berry, Marcia Cross, Susan Sarandon, Courtney Cox and Holly Hunter all have in common? They had children in their 40s, some of them in their late 40s. But what they don’t tell you is that in most cases, women who do have children at this age aren’t getting pregnant ‘naturally’, or even through IVF. They’re having to use a donor egg. Marcia Cross, of TV's Desperate Housewives, recently revealed that a donor egg was how she managed to finally have child...

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  • 25th
    Feb
    2010

    ICSI Timebomb? Are IVF/ICSI babies more at risk of infertility, obesity and diabetes?

    Many of my patients are only too aware of the emotional and physical toll infertility treatment has. So the thought that they may have passed on their infertility to any children born as a result of their treatment is understandably distressing. The very creator of the ICSI procedure, Dr Andre van Steirteghem, told a conference this week that children born through ICSI – which is where a single sperm is injected into to the egg, rather than it being mixed in a dish as per a standard IVF proce...

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  • 25th
    Feb
    2010

    Stillbirth study - Are IVF babies more at risk?

    A report out this week from a Danish hospital claims that if you’re pregnant with an IVF, ICSI or other assisted conception baby, then you’re four times as likely to have a stillbirth. It makes alarming reading and my worry is that it will cause unnecessary stress to many IVF and ICSI patients who have already been through enough just to get pregnant in the first place...

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