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Octuplet Mom Sent Jolie Admiring Letters

(Newser) - The octuplets' mom swears she isn't trying to be like Angelina Jolie, either through plastic surgery or mothering. But an anonymous source tells the Chicago Sun-Times that Nadya Suleman has sent Jolie fawning letters over the past year concerning the actress's humanitarian work. Jolie is said to be "creeped...

Patients Push Fertility Docs for Extra Embryos

Though hazardous, many parents take the risk to up their odds of having kids

(Newser) - While Nadya Suleman's octuplets remain the in vitro exception, about 30% of such procedures result in multiple births. One attempt can cost $12,000, so patients regularly implore docs to up their pregnancy chances by planting multiple embryos—even though medical guidelines push for the transfer of no more than...

Controversial Clinic Treated Octuplets' Mom

'Struggling' mother of 14 already collecting food stamps

(Newser) - All 14 children of octuplets mom Nadja Suleman were conceived at the same controversial Beverly Hills fertility clinic, reports AP. California is probing the case for possible ethics violations. Doctors "did nothing wrong," Nadja Suleman insisted in a Today Show interview. She also said she does not plan...

Calif. Medical Board to Investigate Octuplet Births

Doc who performed in vitro fertilization procedures may have violated standards

(Newser) - California’s Medical Board is investigating whether there was a violation of medical standards by the doctor who helped Nadya Suleman become pregnant with octuplets, the Whittier Daily News reports. Suleman told NBC all 14 of her children were born through in vitro fertilization performed by one California specialist. “...

Octuplets' Mom: I Dreamed of 'Huge Family'

(Newser) - In her first interview since giving birth to octuplets, Nadya Suleman says her motivation was simple: As an only child, she always wanted a big family. "That was always a dream of mine, to have a large family, a huge family, and—I just longed for certain connections and...

60-Year-Old Canadian Gives Birth to Twins

Birth raises medical-ethics questions

(Newser) - A 60-year-old Canadian woman gave birth to twins this week, the CBC reports. Ranjit Hayer and her twin boys, delivered 7 weeks prematurely by cesarean section, are recovering in intensive care. Hayer underwent in vitro fertilization after trying to get pregnant for decades, but even her obstetrician has ethical concerns....

Octuplet Mother Happy To Be Single Mom

(Newser) - The mother who recently gave birth to octuplets did so determined to raise them as a single parent, Us magazine reports. "She did have boyfriends. She did have someone who really wanted to get married," said the mother of Nadya Suleman. But those relationships just didn't work out....

Enquirer: Moore, Kutcher Plan to Adopt

(Newser) - Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher are looking to adopt a child, perhaps as early as this summer, the National Enquirer reports. The tab says the couple has struggled to conceive, including attempts at in vitro fertilization and a possible miscarriage. The two were set on a biological child but have...

Story-Pitching Octuplets Mom: 'Show Me the Money'

Mom seeking $2M for tale

(Newser) - The single mom who gave birth to octuplets to increase her brood to 14 is seeking $2 million to tell her story, reports the Times of London. Nadya Suleman, 33, plans to negotiate with Oprah and Good Morning America's Diane Sawyer. She is also seeking diaper sponsorship and other lucrative...

Screening Technique Improves In Vitro Odds

Scientists can now safely analyze eggs' chances of conception

(Newser) - Scientists have discovered a way to greatly increase the chance of success for in vitro fertilizations, Time reports. Under current procedures, fresh eggs yield only a 25% success rate, necessitating multiple—and expensive—attempts. Many eggs hold chromosomal defects that make them incapable of conception, but it has, until now,...

Lance Fathers Baby the Old-Fashioned Way

Cyclist already has 3 kids from IVF

(Newser) - Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France seven times, beat cancer, and dated a rock star—but he’s never made a baby the traditional way, until now. The cyclist and his girlfriend are expecting their first child in June, AP reports. Armstrong froze his sperm when he was diagnosed...

Indian Woman, 70, Is Oldest First-Time Mom

She and husband say they'd wanted a child together for 50 years.

(Newser) - A 70-year-old woman in India says she gave birth to her first child in late November, making her the world’s oldest new mother, the BBC reports. Rajo Devi underwent fertility treatment so she and her husband, Bala Ram, could realize their 50-year dream of having a child. Ram is...

In Vitro Linked to Birth Defects

Study finds higher rate of certain defects among babies born with help of technology

(Newser) - Babies conceived with the help of medical technology are much more likely to suffer from several serious birth defects, a new study finds. Infants whose mothers used in vitro fertilization or intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection were around twice as likely to have heart defects or cleft palates and four times as...

Frozen Embryos Make Bigger Babies

Study finds no negative effects compared with fresh

(Newser) - When it comes to in vitro fertilization, frozen might be better than fresh, a new study shows. Infants born after being implanted in mothers' wombs as frozen embryos were no more likely than those from fresh stock to be born with congenital defects, the BBC reports; but they were also...

Twins Born to 70-Year-Old
 Twins Born
 to 70-Year-Old 
Jul 7, 2008 9:16 AM CDT

Twins Born to 70-Year-Old

To produce male heir, scrounges to afford IVF procedure

(Newser) - A 70-year-old Indian grandmother of five has become the world’s oldest mom after giving birth to twins, the Sun reports. Omkari Panwar and her husband, a retired farmer, mortgaged their land, sold off their buffaloes, and took out loans to finance IVF treatment so they could produce a male...

Sperm Donors May Lose Anonymity
Sperm Donors
May Lose Anonymity 
May 25, 2008 7:36 PM CDT

Sperm Donors May Lose Anonymity

Kids' rights, health issues push clinics to look at national registry

(Newser) - The halcyon days of anonymous sperm donation may draw to a close, Newsweek reports, as children's rights and health issues prompt the country’s top three sperm banks to consider a national registry for sperm and egg donors. The list may allow recipients to learn about inherited health risks, and...

The 'Gayby' Boom
 The 'Gayby' Boom 
May 18, 2008 4:47 AM CDT

The 'Gayby' Boom

More gay men seek surrogates for genetically linked kids

(Newser) - What’s the latest in the gay lifestyle? Babies—lots of them. Smashing the old cliché of wild and fabulous freedom, more gay men are settling down with kids, in some cases partnering with surrogates to forge a genetic link. And it’s not just for couples. Singles are also...

Viagra Linked to Reduced Fertility
Viagra Linked to
Reduced Fertility
Feb 24, 2008 6:32 AM CST

Viagra Linked to Reduced Fertility

New concern for fertility clinics that provide drug to male partners

(Newser) - Popular sexual potency drug Viagra has been linked to sperm effects so dramatic that it could seriously affect male fertility, researchers have discovered. The findings are particularly troubling because in-vitro fertilization clinics often provide Viagra to men to increase sperm production. The new studies show that while Viagra increases sperm...

And Baby Makes ... Too Many?
And Baby Makes ... Too Many?
Feb 19, 2008 12:01 PM CST

And Baby Makes ... Too Many?

Docs want to cut number of multiple births from fertility treatment

(Newser) - Fertility doctors are beginning to wonder whether they're too successful. With in vitro fertilization prompting a 70% increase in the rate of multiple births since 1980, some are espousing a switch to single-embryo transfer. The procedure lowers the success rate but also lowers the rate of multiple births, with their...

Sperm Donation Not 'Taxable Labor' for Danes

Sperm banks warned identity disclosure would kill the thriving exports

(Newser) - The Danish government has thought better of a plan to tax earnings from sperm donation just as it taxes any other job, Der Spiegel reports. The catch is that it would have required donors to disclose their identities, which sperm banks said would drive away 93% of their business. It...

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