June 28th, 2008
BBC News reports that IVF clinics in the United Kingdom have been given a mandate to reduce the number of multiple births resulting from IVF treatments from 25% to 10% over the next three years. This means, “increasing the proportion of women who have a single embryo transferred back into their womb,” as opposed […]
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May 21st, 2008
I don’t know if you remember, but a few months ago I wrote about donating embryos and what a tricky, tricky topic this can be: for those in search of embryos looking to “adopt” as well as those who may have embryos available after their fertility treatments.
What are the options available? What are the questions […]
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March 9th, 2008
I’m suffering from some serious writer’s block this evening. No news story seems interesting; no health care fact intrigues me. What, dear readers, can I share with you?
Perhaps I should just tell you what’s on my mind.
It’s this week. My FET (frozen embryo transfer) is scheduled for this week. And it’s really all I can […]
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February 15th, 2008
This can be a touchy topic and is usually one of the flash points for opponents of IVF and other assisted reproductive techniques: What will you do if you are lucky enough to have any leftover embryos after a successful pregnancy?
Here are the choices: Keep the embryos to try another pregnancy. Donate them top another […]
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