We asked our readers to share these stories of their journeys during Infertility Awareness Week. They opened up about their successes and failures, their tears and smiles.
Month: April 2015
Virus Hiding in Our Genome Protects Early Human Embryos
We may owe our survival and complexity to a stowaway virus that springs to life in the very first cells of human embryos. Not only does the virus seem to protect embryos from other viruses, but it also assists genes when the groundwork is under way for the body plan of a new human.
What Causes Infertility? Learn The Truth Behind These 8 Common Myths
Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve known that I’ve wanted to have children; but ever since I was 22, when I began to hear some of the most prominent myths about what causes infertility, I’ve been worried that I would never be able to have them.
Editorial: Infertility Bill Would Be Misuse of State Power; Judging Whether Women Are Morally Worthy of Medical Care Has No Place in Maine
Maine does not use the pillory or the stocks to shame people for perceived sin, but that isn’t stopping some lawmakers from trying to do the same thing with the insurance code.
Things to Know About the Sperm Bank Industry
Sperm banking is a huge industry that has been around for decades but one that is relatively loosely regulated in the U.S. Here are some things to know about the industry.
Sperm Bank Sued After Donor Details Emerge 7 Years Later
He was good on paper: Eloquent, mature, healthy and smart to boot. That’s why Angela Collins and Margaret Elizabeth Hanson say they chose Donor 9623 to be the biological father of their child.Then last June, almost seven years after Collins gave birth to a son conceived with his sperm, they got a batch of emails from the sperm bank that unexpectedly — and perhaps mistakenly — included the donor’s name. That set them on a sleuthing mission that quickly revealed he is schizophrenic, dropped out of college and had been arrested for burglary, they said in a lawsuit filed March 31 in Atlanta.
Signs Ebola Spreads in Sex Prompt a CDC Warning
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised its guidelines on Ebola transmission on Sunday night, urging survivors to abstain from all forms of sex or use condoms every time “until more information becomes available,” rather than three months as previously recommended.
ProCreation: Women Share Stories of Infertility Through Artwork
A May exhibit invites women to submit very personal art and artifacts.
In Vitro Fertilization Accounts for 1.5% of Births in the USA
The Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology represents the greater majority of in vitro fertilization clinics in the United States. Their report showed that doctors at these clinics performed 165,172 procedures, including IVF, with 61,740 babies born as a result of those efforts in 2012. In 2012 in the USA, more than 3.95 million babies were born. IVF treatments account for about 1.5% of all babies born in the United States in 2012.
Study: Millennials Overconfident About Future Fertility
A new study claims that an overwhelming number of young people are overconfident in their abilities to conceive in their 30s, once their career gets going.