Anna Cain says she has made more than $60,000 in three years as an egg donor…Because Cain’s eggs have helped produce three sets of twins and another couple have a baby on the way, she expected to receive $12,500.
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Survival of the Unfittest: IVF Technique ‘Used Too Widely’, Watchdog Warns
A technique for injecting sperm directly into unfertilised eggs to increase the chances of a successful IVF pregnancy is being used too widely by some fertility clinics, the head of the Government’s fertility watchdog has warned.
More Women Seek Pregnancy With Donor Eggs
More U.S. women are attempting to have children using eggs donated by other women and taking home healthy babies as a result, a new study shows.
Next From Science’s Aladdin’s Lamp? Reversible Menopause
The 27 women who went through the study all had their menopause before they were 30. Researchers, having fragmented their ovaries, managed to switch off the trigger that made the eggs dormant. The first baby to result from the treatment was born in Japan this week.
Baby Born After Infertile Woman has Ovaries ‘Reawakened’
A previously infertile woman has given birth to a healthy baby, after scientists discovered a way to beat the menopause by inducing ovaries to produce eggs.
Why I’m Doing IVF on Live TV: One Woman’s Fertility Journey
Jessica Menkhausen and Derek Manion, both 33, are engaged to be married. However, the St. Louis couple’s wedding is on hold so they can pay for in vitro fertilization, in the hopes of getting pregnant. Menkhausen has battled fertility issues, including two ectopic pregnancies, for the past nine years. On Tuesday, she had her eggs harvested live on TODAY.
Stem Cells: Egg Engineers
In a technical tour de force, Japanese researchers created eggs and sperm in the laboratory. Now, scientists have to determine how to use those cells safely — and ethically.
Medical Research: Jerry Brown Should Sign Bill on Women’s Egg, or Oocyte, Donations
Gov. Jerry Brown has an opportunity in the next several days to greatly improve opportunities in California for advanced medical research on women’s health issues. On his desk is Assembly Bill 926, which will lift California’s ban on compensation for women who provide oocytes, or eggs, for medical research.
California Bill Would Lift Ban on Paying Women for Eggs Used in Research
A bill awaiting Gov. Brown’s signature would end a decade-old disparity in California law regarding egg donation. Under current law, it is legal to pay a woman who provides her eggs, called oocytes, to a couple going through in-vitro fertilization. But there is a ban on paying the same woman for the same eggs if they are to be used in medical research.
Egg Freezing-Would I have Done It in My College Years? – Part I
Freezing your eggs. No such thing when I was in my college years and I wonder how my life would’ve been different if this procedure was around back then. I know for some, the pressure of finding “Mr.Right” would have diminished …