In Vitro Fertilization

Proposed law would govern surrogate births

2013-03-28 19:05:00

When Whitney Watts of Columbia agreed to bear twins on behalf of an infertile Boston couple two years ago, she entered a murky area of Maryland law. Nothing forbade her from signing a contract to carry babies conceived through in vitro fertilization and...

Maryland picks model for essential health insurance benefits

2012-09-27 17:57:00

Under national health care reform, insurance policies in Maryland will be required to cover acupuncture for pain management and chiropractic care in certain cases. The plans won't cover acupuncture for other treatments, such as infertility or stress, and...

More women turn to frozen eggs for help with infertility

2012-12-08 18:13:39

Ellen Carpenter delayed marriage until she found Mr. Right, but by that time she was 38 years old, making it much more difficult to have children. After getting pregnant with the help of hormone injections, the Frederick County resident lost the baby &#...

Fertility preservation for women with cancer

2012-03-07 15:34:34

When a young woman is diagnosed with cancer, getting pregnant is probably the last thing on her mind. But if she wants children in the future, it's something she should think about. The chemotherapy and radiation treatments used to treat cancer can hurt a...

Pregnancy not as easy for older women as it may seem

2012-04-09 04:00:00

Middle-aged Hollywood stars and their newborns may make it seem like a fountain of youth has been discovered for women's fertility. But researchers at Yale University�School of Medicine�say these stars may be giving women the wrong perception.� Many...

From Sun Magazine: Giuliana Rancic isn't afraid to bring reality to reality TV

2012-02-08 03:57:00

Growing up in Bethesda, Giuliana Rancic thought there was nothing more glamorous than the news women she saw on TV. First at the University of Maryland, College Park, then at graduate school in Washington, she trained to join their ranks, heading with...

From the archives: During all these months, Baby, I get a kick out of you

2008-05-11 13:06:00

�I am plural. My husband and I are expecting a baby boy in mid-June, but because it took us so long to get to this point, for a while it didn't seem real. Several bloggers I read frequently have noted that when you get pregnant after a struggle with...

Asia's low fertility trap opens opportunities in IVF market

2013-06-12 20:16:02

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A looming crisis in Asia as women delay giving birth, leading to low fertility rates that have dire implications for economic growth, is opening huge opportunities for the fast-growing in-vitro fertilization (IVF) industry. The...

RPT-Asia's low fertility trap opens opportunities in IVF market

2013-06-13 01:20:04

By Jane Wardell and Jackie Range SYDNEY, June 13 (Reuters) - A looming crisis in Asia as women delay giving birth, leading to low fertility rates that have dire implications for economic growth, is opening huge opportunities for the fast-growing in-vitro...

Humor softens tale of infertility battle

2013-06-10 12:51:00

On a bright morning in San Francisco, Holly Finn sits in a parking lot, her car swaying in the wind. Avoiding eye contact with passers-by, Finn shoots up. She shoots up hormones. Leuprolide Acetate, to be exact. "To prep my body for embryo transfer,...

A Woman's First Mother's Day

2013-05-12 21:57:00

Leah Campbell's life has been quite the emotional roller coaster. When she was 25 years old, she decided to start a new life in Alaska. She wanted to start a family, so she drove up solo from San Diego. Doctors told her she'd be able to have children, but...

'We felt so alone'

2013-05-08 16:53:00

Kandis and Daniel Tubb spent hours analyzing the ultrasound pictures, straining to see traces of each other in their unborn son's features. Daniel said his sweet little button nose came from Kandis. And Kandis thought almost everything else looked like...

Robert Edwards, the scientist known as the father of IVF for pioneering the development of "test tube babies" for couples unable to conceive naturally, has died. He was 87.

2013-04-10 09:59:02

A handout picture taken on July 12, 2008 shows the world's first in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) baby Louise Brown (2R) posing with her son Cameron (R), her mother Lesley Brown (2L) and IVF pioneer Professor Robert Edwards (L) during a celebration ahead of Louise's 30th birthday at Bourn Hall Clinic,

2012-07-12 00:00:00

A single cycle of IVF raises the risk of ovarian cancer, a new study finds. But for infertile women determined to become pregnant, the risk may be smaller than it first appears.

2011-10-27 15:33:13