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The Baby Game

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The Baby Game

Wannabe parents are getting older, and the technology's getting better. Where does that leave the birds and the bees?

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June 2009
- Wrong Woman Gets Couple's Last Embryo
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Jun 14, 09 6:10 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A British fertility clinic implanted the wrong embryo into a woman who aborted it as soon as she found out, dashing another couple's hopes of having their second baby, reports the Telegraph. When a lab assistant informed the couple, they "held each other and sobbed," said the woman. “I remember thinking: ‘That’s our last hope gone—we will never have another child.’" A rash of recent mistakes has resulted in calls for more regulation of the fertility industry. More »
- Rutherford Has Baby Gossip Girl
  
  Radar | Jun 9, 09 4:45 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Gossip Girl "mom" Kelly Rutherford was rushed late yesterday to a Los Angeles hospital where she gave birth to bouncing baby girl, reports Radar. The newborn will join big brother Hermes, 2. The new arrival comes just as Kelly is divorcing the kids' pop, business tycoon Daniel Giersch, for "irreconcilable differences." The two haven't been playing nice over custody. XOXO. More »
- Slain Pregnant Woman Lured on Craigslist
  
  Oregonian (Portland) | Jun 8, 09 1:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A pregnant woman apparently slain for her unborn child was lured on Craigslist, the Oregonian reports. Heather Snively, 21—who was due next month—was found dead in a crawl space of an Oregon home. Police discovered the corpse after the woman who lives there, Korena Roberts, arrived at a local hospital with a baby boy who doctors determined wasn't hers. The baby died soon afterward. More »
- It's a Boy, Twitters Lance
  
  Us Weekly | Jun 5, 09 7:58 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Lance Armstrong is a dad for the fourth time, Us Weekly reports. Girlfriend Anna Hansen gave birth to a son in Colorado, Armstrong told fans via Twitter. "Wassup,world? My name is Max Armstrong and I just arrived. My mommy is healthy and so am I," he wrote. Armstrong, a testicular cancer survivor, has said the baby was conceived naturally. He has three kids with his ex-wife. More »
May 2009
- Gain Less Pregnancy Weight If Obese: Docs
  
  HealthDay News | May 28, 09 2:44 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Obese women should gain between 11-20 pounds when pregnant, new guidelines urge; the figure is about half what’s recommended for women of normal weight, HealthDay News reports, and reflect concerns about the effect of rising obesity rates on mother and child. More »
- As Economy Tanks, Women Flock to Clinics
  
  Los Angeles Times | May 20, 09 10:55 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In this tough economy, requests for long-term contraceptives and abortions have spiked at family planning clinics, reports the Los Angeles Times . Planned Parenthood of LA County has seen its caseload jump 15% in just a year, and requests for IUDs nearly doubled in the first quarter compared to a year ago. A recent Gallup poll showed a correlation between finances and family planning. More »
- Cut Down on C-Sections, Experts Tell US Women
  
  Los Angeles Times | May 17, 09 5:55 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - American women are risking their health and driving up medical costs by having too many cesarean sections, the Los Angeles Times reports. The most common operation in the US, the C-section is used in 31% of births and accounts for 45% of rising birth costs. It can also lead to infections, blood clots, and premature births. And it often isn't necessary, medical experts say. More »
- Sykes, Wife Have Twins
  
  Associated Press | May 13, 09 9:45 PM CDT
  
  (AP) - Wanda Sykes is the talk of Washington after her gig at the White House correspondents dinner, but it turns out she's also a mom of newborn twins. Sykes' wife, Alex, gave birth to daughter Olivia Lou and son Lucas Claude on April 27. "All are happy and healthy and at home," said Sykes' publicist. The twins are the first children for the couple, who married in October. Sykes publicly came out at a same-sex marriage rally in November. More »
- Docs Prep for Hurricane Ike Baby 'Boomlet'
  
  Houston Chronicle | May 12, 09 2:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Houston hospital is bracing for a baby boom due 9 months after Hurricane Ike cut power to the region for days, the Chronicle reports. “There’s about a 25% increase in the number of deliveries coming up in mid-June to mid-July,” said one doctor. Another physician is herself expecting. “You can only do so much when there’s no television, nothing open, and there’s nowhere to go,” she said. More »
- Emma Dethrones Emily as Most Popular Girls Name
  
  Associated Press | May 8, 09 11:09 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Emma was the most popular baby name for girls in the US last year, knocking Emily out of the top spot after 12 years, the AP reports. Jacob remains the most popular boys name for the 10th straight year. President Obama’s uncommon given name didn’t make it into the top 10, but gained in popularity: Barack moved from 12,535 on the list to 2,409. More »
- Abstinence Backer Bristol No Hypocrite
  
  Time | May 8, 09 10:33 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Bristol Palin has gotten a media drubbing for hypocrisy in her new role as abstinence advocate—but such attacks are wholly undeserved, writes Nancy Gibbs in Time . The “true hypocrisy,” one could say, was at the Republican convention, which portrayed a falsely simple happy-ending message. In fact, “life is much messier” than that: Bristol’s path from “sinner” to ambassador is representative of reality. More »
- Republicans Don't Get Sex: Meghan McCain
  
  Daily Beast | May 7, 09 9:35 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Bristol Palin's campaign to preach birth control with a baby at home again proves what Meghan McCain has always known: Republicans don't "get" sex. "God forbid anyone talk realistically about life experiences and natural, sexual instincts. Nope, the answer is always abstinence," she writes in her Daily Beast column. She's "never understood" the party's resistance to discussing better access to birth control. More »
- A Pill for Men, Perhaps
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | May 4, 09 5:23 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Testosterone injections can render men temporarily infertile and function as a male contraceptive, Chinese scientists say. Their tests on 1,045 healthy, fertile men were 99% successful and left only two subjects less fertile than they were before the trial. “Our study shows a male hormonal contraceptive regimen may be a potential, novel and workable alternative,” one researcher told the Telegraph . More »
April 2009
- Experts Blast Clone Doc's Claims, Credibility, Ethics
  
  Independent (UK) | Apr 23, 09 8:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A fertility doctor who claims to have implanted cloned human embryos into several women is being denounced as an unscrupulous publicity hound by leading figures in his field, the Independent reports. Panayiotis Zavos has failed to make his work available for review by his peers, the experts charge, and his claims, if true, represent an immoral and dangerous breach of the ban on human cloning. More »
- FDA Will Let 17-Year-Olds Get 'Morning After' Pill
  
  Associated Press | Apr 22, 09 4:18 PM CDT
  
  (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration will allow 17-year-olds to get the "morning-after" birth control pill without a doctor's prescription. The agency said today it would not appeal a federal judge's recent order overturning restrictions imposed during the Bush administration. The judge had ruled that Bush appointees let politics, not science, drive their decision to allow over-the-counter access only for women 18 and older. More »
- US Doc Boasts He Implanted 11 Human Clones
  
  Independent (UK) | Apr 22, 09 5:22 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A controversial American fertility doctor is boasting that he cloned 14 human embryos and implanted 11 of them them into women, reports the Independent . None of the tranfers led to a viable pregnancy. A documentary filmmaker recorded the procedures involving four women who had hoped to become the first mothers of cloned babies. Transferring cloned embryos into a human is a crime in many countries. Physician Panayiotis Zavos carried out the procedure at a secret location, possibly in the Middle East. More »
- 'Ecstatic' Pompeo Expecting
  
  People | Apr 20, 09 4:17 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Tormented Dr. Meredith Grey of Grey's Anatomy will be heading to the hospital for real soon when actress Ellen Pompeo delivers her first baby, reports People . Pompeo, 39, and hubby Chris Ivery, 41, are said to be "ecstatic" about the pregnancy. "It's great news," said their spokeswoman. Chyler Leigh, who plays Pompeo's little sister on Grey's , is about to pop out her third baby. More »
- Healthy Baby Born 22 Years After Dad's Sperm Frozen
  
  Times (UK) | Apr 14, 09 11:34 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A North Carolina man had his sperm frozen when he was 16, before leukemia treatment rendered him sterile. A record 22 years later, Chris Biblis and his wife conceived a daughter—and now she’s been born healthy, the Times of London reports. “From my life being saved to being able to create a life, words just can’t describe where we are now,” Biblis said. More »
- Stem Cells Zap Infertility in Female Mice
  
  Independent (UK) | Apr 13, 09 6:05 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Chinese scientists say they have reversed infertility in female mice by creating new eggs from stem cells, the Independent reports. The research—which if it bears out could have heady implications for reproductive medicine, including reversing menopause—took stem cells from the ovaries of mice, cultivated them, and transplanted them into infertile mice. Some 80% of those mice went on to have offspring after mating. More »
- Judge OKs Collection of Dead Man's Sperm
  
  Austin American-Statesman | Apr 8, 09 12:55 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Texas judge has granted a grieving mother's wish to have some of her 21-year-old son's sperm collected posthumously, the Austin American-Statesman reports. Marissa Evans intends to have a grandchild from a surrogate mother. "I want him to live on," Evans said of her son, Nikolas, who died after being assaulted and beaten last month. "I want to keep a piece of him." More »

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A new technique to aid fertility called intracytoplasmic sperm injection

A new technique to aid fertility called intracytoplasmic sperm injection (KRT Photos)

Methods of Family Planning

Methods of Family Planning (Earth Explorer)

In this image magnified 400 times, a needs carrying one sperm cell punctures an egg at West Coast Fertilitiy Center in Fountain Valley, California.

In this image magnified 400 times, a needs carrying one sperm cell punctures an egg at West Coast Fertilitiy Center in Fountain Valley, California. (KRT Photos)

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Fertility is a measure of reproduction: the number of children born per couple, person or population. This is different to fecundity, which is defined as the potential for reproduction (influenced by gamete production, fertilisation and carrying a pregnancy to term). In the English language, the term...

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