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Fertility Notes- a fertility blog with all the news your womb can use

June 28th, 2008

One Egg or Two? Oh Sorry, You Only Get One

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

Navigating the Cold of Cryopreservation and What to Do with “Extra” Embryos

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 […]

By Gabrielle -- 0 comments

March 9th, 2008

Countdown to Transfer

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 […]

By Gabrielle -- 4 comments

February 15th, 2008

Donating Embryos

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 […]

By Gabrielle -- 0 comments

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