A pregnancy after in vitro fertilization can sometimes be filled with stress, particularly in the early days. At some point, your IVF team will graduate you to the next step. Robin Fogle M.D. speaks in this short video sponsored by Attain …
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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.
The Rising Cost of Infertility
The process of IVF, or, in vitro fertilization can be difficult, stressful and expensive — it’s a multi-billion dollar industry.
Fertility Treatments Produce Heirs Their Parents Never Knew
The number of children conceived through in vitro fertilization has doubled over the last decade. The technology that has made these children possible has also challenged inheritance laws, especially in circumstances when a child is conceived after the death of a parent.
Twins Are First Babies Born Using Tricare IVF Benefit
Ryan and Alana Matayka are just five-months-old, but they’ve already made history. The twins are the first children born via in vitro fertilization that was paid for by a new Tricare benefit. The benefit covers infertility treatment for severely injured service members.
Test-Tube Babies: A Simpler, Cheaper Technique?
Since the first test-tube baby was born more than three decades ago, in vitro fertilization has evolved into a highly sophisticated lab procedure. Now, scientists are going back to basics and testing a simpler and cheaper method.
Abortion Viewed in Moral Terms: Fewer See Stem Cell Research and IVF as Moral Issues
Regardless of their views about the legality of abortion, most Americans think that having an abortion is a moral issue. By contrast, the public is much less likely to see other issues involving human embryos – such as stem cell research or in vitro fertilization – as a matter of morality.
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.
Secondary Infertility: Tips For Couples Who Have Trouble Conceiving Another Child
Andrea Meisgeier was 33 when she and her husband Eric had their son Maxwell. It was so easy to get pregnant that Meisgeier didn’t worry about the timing of a second pregnancy. But after six years of trying to conceive, the Camas, Wash., couple is coming to terms with the the likelihood that they won’t have another child. Andrea Meisgeier, now 39, took fertility drugs, tried acupuncture and underwent more than $25,000 in fertility treatments that included intrauterine insemination and in vitro fertilization – none of which were successful.
How Does Infertility Impact Finances?
Carrie, 33, and her husband, 39, recently started in-vitro fertilization
(IVF) after other reproductive treatments failed. They’ve been
undergoing fertility treatment since March 2011. The process has taken its toll on the couple.