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Fertility Diaries: They Dreamed of Motherhood Together

babyblogaddict — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:22:14 +0000

For the past several months, REDBOOK has followed the lives of three friends from the Cleveland area on their moving journey through infertility and pregnancy and into parenthood.

In this installment, Jenny Taylor, 27, faces the anniversary of her son’s death from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) along with her first Mother’s Day with 9-month-old Nora. Carrie Brainerd, 31, who had no difficulty becoming pregnant, enjoys her daughter’s first months while recovering from a debilitating labor injury. And after a long struggle to get pregnant through infertility treatments, Jody Urbas, 33, finds out if she’s having a boy or a girl.

Fertility Clinics Prove Recession-Proof For Egg Donors

babyblogaddict — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:41:00 +0000

An unlikely business appears to be thriving during this difficult economy. Fertility clinics across the country are experiencing a baby boom of sorts.

An increasing number of women are donating their eggs. Some do it to help families conceive a child, but the financial reward for selling their eggs is also appealing.

News 5 found ads on Craigslist.org placed by agencies and couples looking for what they consider to be a “good egg donor.” The ads offer anywhere from $8,000 to $50,000 to women who are willing to donate their eggs.

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Designer Babies: Ethical?

babyblogaddict — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:33:00 +0000

For years, reproductive specialists have been helping people become parents, even enabling them to choose the sex of their baby. One fertility doctor is taking things a step further, offering what some are calling “designer babies.”

If you could design your baby’s features, would you? According to L.A.’s Fertility Institute, prospective parents can select eye color, hair color and more.

Cancer Patients Learn How to Preserve Fertility

babyblogaddict — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:28:00 +0000

Freezing eggs is not the only option available for doctors who are trying to preserve a cancer patient’s fertility.

Minimizing the damage to the ovaries during radiation or chemotherapy is key, so some doctors use an experimental laparoscopic procedure to remove one or both of the ovaries before radiation in the pelvic area. The ovaries are frozen, then put back when the cancer treatment is completed.

Calculating the Odds of a Baby Through IVF

babyblogaddict — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:58:00 +0000

For any woman undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) to overcome infertility, the big question is: What are my chances of having a baby? Pretty good, according to a new study, which finds that women’s chances of live birth via IVF may be similar to those of other women their age in the general population — better for younger women, not as good for older ones.

In an analysis of the overall live-birth rate for 6,164 patients at a Massachusetts fertility clinic, researchers from Boston IVF and Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center found that in women ages 39 and younger who were treated with up to six cycles of IVF, the rate of live births ranged from 65% to 86%; in women ages 40 and older, the live-birth rate was 23% to 42%.

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Booty Caller Texts When You’re Ovulating

babyblogaddict — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:13:00 +0000

Baby Center’s Booty Caller texts ovulation alerts directly to your cell phone! Receive a series of 3 text messages per menstrual cycle that let you know when you’re most likely to be fertile and provide helpful fertility advice.

Sample messages:

1. Your fertile window starts in 1 week. Find out if your chances of getting pregnant are better in the morning.

2. Your fertile window opens today and lasts 5 more days. Stress can get in the way of conception so relax and get a massage, meditate, or take a yoga class.

3. Today is your last fertile day! If you get pregnant during this cycle, your due date will be on or around 6.25.2009.

Armstrong’s New Baby Conceived Naturally

babyblogaddict — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:57:00 +0000

Lance Armstrong may be busy baby-sitting between two major races next year. Armstrong, who won the Tour de France seven consecutive years after overcoming testicular cancer, and his girlfriend, Anna Hansen, are expecting a baby in June.

A spokeswoman for the Lance Armstrong Foundation says that the baby was conceived naturally. Armstrong had three children with his ex-wife, Kristin, using in vitro fertilization with sperm he had banked before undergoing chemotherapy.

Baby Born from Ovary Transplant

babyblogaddict — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:20:00 +0000

Doctors in St. Louis say they have successfully transplanted a full ovary from a volunteer, allowing her infertile twin sister to give birth to a healthy baby girl. According to the reseachers, it is the first time an entire ovary has been transplanted and resulted in a live birth.

70-Year-Old Gives Birth

babyblogaddict — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:58:00 +0000

A 70-year-old woman in India gave birth to her first child, a girl, after undergoing infertility treatment and trying to get pregnant for 50 years.

Baby Joy for NFL Player, Wife

babyblogaddict — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:41:00 +0000

We’re New Orleans Saints fans here at Baby Blog Addict, but the Dallas Cowboys’ DeMarcus Ware makes us forget about that for a moment. Last January was a rough time for Ware and his wife, Taniqua. Ware’s Cowboys had just lost to the New York Giants in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs. Five days before that, Taniqua miscarried for the third time.

After meeting a man at a car dealership who had an adopted son and consulting with his father, the family decided adoption was their best option. Six months later, life is good once again for the Wares.

“You are so happy because you have a little bundle of joy in your life,” Ware told the Dallas Morning News. “I even find myself going to Wal-Mart looking for little toys. When I’m going grocery shopping looking for food, I’m getting baby food instead of food for myself.”