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Women are reclaiming the word ‘barren’ to talk about their fertility issues

Describe a woman who is yet to have kids as barren and you’d probably get a mouthful of abuse or a slap in return. But there are some women who are actively trying to reclaim the word to describe their fertility battles.
BioNews

One in six women conceive naturally after unsuccessful IVF

New study results found that one in six (17 percent) of patients experiencing unsuccessful cycles of IVF went on to have a baby without help, within five years.
BBC News

IVF baby couple ‘won’ in contest is born

A couple who won a round of IVF in a competition have taken delivery of their prize nine months later.
The Guardian

Why I chose to have a ‘fertility MOT’

An increasing number of women are paying to have their fertility assessed. How much do the tests really reveal about their ability to conceive?
BioNews

Public benefits of children

Managing Director for Global Market Access Solutions Switzerland, UK and USA, and guest researcher in health economics at the University of Groningen argues the case for publicly funding fertility care.
The Guardian

Couple sues clinic over IVF mix-up after giving birth to twins unrelated to them

New York couple is suing a Los Angeles fertility clinic after woman gives birth to other couples’ babies
NEJM

Thyroid Function and Conception

Thyroid Function and ConceptionCase Vignette A Woman Trying to Conceive. Ms. Thompson is a 31-year-old woman who has been trying

The Guardian

IVF study finds success rate a third lower in men over 51 than under 35

Expert who led study of 5,000 IVF cycles at London clinic busts myth that male fertility lasts forever
BioNews

No difference in IVF success between frozen or fresh embryos

A study new study of 460 patients at eight clinics across Denmark, Sweden and Spain who had a single blastocyst transferred for IVF. A freeze-all approach was used in one group, with the frozen embryo transferred in a subsequent cycle. Fresh embryos were transferred in the other group. Live birth rates were the same in each group.
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