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10 Feb
Physically demanding jobs and shiftwork linked to lowered fertility in women
Physically demanding jobs and shiftwork linked to lowered fertility in women

Heavy lifting and evening/night/rotating shift patterns associated with poorer egg quality

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06 Feb
The Age You Begin Menopause Could Be Influenced By Your Reproductive History
The Age You Begin Menopause Could Be Influenced By Your Reproductive History

Women who got their periods early and had no kids were more likely to have premature menopause.

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03 Feb
Does IVF increase your chances of giving birth to twins?
Does IVF increase your chances of giving birth to twins?

Since the birth of Louise Brown in 1978, the first baby ever born following conception by in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), thousands of infertile couples have gone down this route.

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30 Jan
Mother is expecting two sets of identical twin girls
Mother is expecting two sets of identical twin girls

Paul and Carla Crozier wiped out their life savings trying for a sister for Darcie. Ms Crozier, now 34, suffered two heartbreaking miscarriages over three years. Took out £8,000 loan for one last try and gave up alcohol in new fitness regime. Mrs Crozier is now five months pregnant with two sets of twins from two eggs.

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26 Jan
Most Women Who Freeze Their Eggs Never End Up Using Them
Most Women Who Freeze Their Eggs Never End Up Using Them

Egg freezing has been touted as a way for women to put off having children, giving them more time to work on their careers or search for the right partner. But a new study finds that few women who freeze their eggs actually end up using them.

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23 Jan
UK Court of Appeal Rules Mother Can Export Deceased Daughter’s Frozen Eggs to US to Conceive a Grandchild
UK Court of Appeal Rules Mother Can Export Deceased Daughter’s Frozen Eggs to US to Conceive a Grandchild

This UK case involves a young woman (A) who died of cancer in her twenties. She cryopreserved three oocytes during a period of remission (which she later referred to as her “babies on ice”), and, at the time of storage, completed a fertility clinic consent form in which she wrote “YES” to the eggs being...

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19 Jan
How Many Times Should You See Your Doctor Throughout Your Pregnancy?
How Many Times Should You See Your Doctor Throughout Your Pregnancy?

The World Health Organization has revised its guidelines for pregnant women: according to the organization, women should visit a doctor, midwife, or nurse at least eight times during their pregnancies, and five of those visits should take place during their third trimester. This is a pretty significant change: the organization’s previous recommendations advised four clinical...

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16 Jan
Woman has baby using ovary frozen when she was 9
Woman has baby using ovary frozen when she was 9

Moaza Al Matrooshi, 24, is thought to be the first person in the world to have a baby after having the ovary removed and cryopreserved before she entered puberty A woman who had her fertility restored using frozen ovarian tissue which was removed when she was a child has given birth. Moaza Al Matrooshi, 24, is...

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11 Jan
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HOW DOES IVF WORK

There are many reasons for the cause of infertility. And sometimes the reasons are unknown. When a body does not react to any of the medical interventions, then the couple would opt for the help of an infertility center. One of the most opted treatments for infertility is IVF. In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) is an...

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10 May
Artificial reproduction: research by sorcerer’s apprentices
Artificial reproduction: research by sorcerer’s apprentices

Researchers at the Valence Institute in Spain and at the American University in Stanford, California, have announced succeeding in developing human spermatozoids from skin cells. This work was published April 26 in Scientific Reports, the online journal of the review Nature. To obtain this result, adult skin cells were collected, and « reprogrammed » to become germ...

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