This week the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists released an opinion saying that women’s ability to have babies decreases gradually but significantly beginning around age 32 and then goes down more rapidly after age 37. The younger estimate may come as a shock to women who have long been conditioned that 35 is the “I’ve got to deal with this!” age and that 40 is the cut-off for either freezing your eggs or giving your on-the-fence man an ultimatum.
Month: February 2014
Silicon Valley Startups Paying for Employees to Get Pregnant
Catered lunches and unlimited vacation days may be standard Silicon Valley startup benefits. But a service that helps employees get pregnant? That’s a new one.
Bill Would Allow Insurance for Infertility Treatments
A proposed law that would allow Utah insurance companies to provide coverage for married couples receiving infertility treatment passed a House committee hearing Friday.
Would YOU Use an Electrical Condom? 21st Century Contraception Delivers Pulses to Boost Pleasure
Despite the numerous health benefits of condoms, they’re often criticised for reducing the level of pleasure felt by men, and women, during sex.
The Secret of Fertile Sperm
To better understand the causes of male infertility, a team of Bay Area researchers is exploring the factors, both physiological and biochemical, that differentiate fertile sperm from infertile sperm.
Frozen Donor Eggs Helping Couples Conceive
The use of frozen donor eggs is expanding the options for couples struggling with infertility. Now that the technology is approved for mainstream use, it’s cutting the cost and the time it takes to conceive.
Cervical Cancer Could be Prevented with an HIV Drug: Tablet Kills the Virus that Causes the Disease
Cervical cancer could be prevented by a commonly-used HIV drug, scientists say. The medicine has been shown to kill-off the human papilloma virus (HPV) that leads to cervical cancer.
And Surrogacy Makes 3
In New York, a Push for Compensated Surrogacy
Egg Donor IRS Challenge Offers Future Sperm Tax Certainty
To Nichelle Perez, the $20,000 she received for donating her eggs for fertility treatments was a tax-exempt payment for pain and suffering.Not so, said the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, which considers it income.
Identical Quadruplets Surprise Mom Expecting Triplets
Kimberly and Craig Fugate were expecting Kenleigh, Kristen and Kayleigh. But Kelsey, born with her sisters on February 8, was a complete surprise.