In Vitro Fertilization

Robert Edwards dies at 87; Nobel winner for first 'test-tube baby'

2013-04-10 14:13:00

About 10% of married couples suffer from infertility – the inability to conceive a child naturally. Through the better part of the 20th century, physicians considered this a minor and perhaps irrelevant problem, one that contributed overall to...

Parents live longer than couples without children, study finds

2012-12-06 14:13:00

Parenthood is good for your health. That’s one way of looking at the data in a new study that compares death rates among couples with and without children. After examining data on more than 21,276 Danish couples who tried to get pregnant,...

Daum: Zygotes on a slippery slope

2011-11-10 00:00:00

When I first heard about Personhood USA, I got it confused with Up with People, the organization best known for song-and-dance troupes that go around the world singing songs like "Which Way America?" and "What Color Is God's Skin?" When I realized it...

Ovarian cancer risk increases after IVF

2011-10-27 11:44:00

Women who underwent at least one vitro fertilization cycle in an effort to become pregnant�were�almost twice as�likely to develop ovarian cancer as women who experienced infertility but did not get such treatment, say the authors of�a large Dutch study...

Octomom doctor could still lose medical license

2011-02-09 16:36:19

A Woman's First Mother's Day

2013-05-12 21:57:00

Leah Campbell's life has been quite the emotional roller coaster. When she was 25 years old, she decided to start a new life in Alaska. She wanted to start a family, so she drove up solo from San Diego. Doctors told her she'd be able to have children, but...

Road to motherhood takes an unexpected route

2013-05-11 15:46:00

This Mother’s Day, Barbara Johnson is counting her blessings for the two beautiful children she thought she’d never have. The Perryville woman, 39, had given up hope of conceiving her own child after four years of trying. She and husband...

Mothers of twins have double the challenges -- and double the joys

2013-05-12 01:14:02

Most people are born one by one. But some come two by two. Sunday is Mother's Day. And for this day, The Eagle spoke with mothers of twins. They said they are no more special than other mothers. No more special than anyone. But they said they've...

Magee-Womens nurse to donate at least $450,000 in retirement savings to hospital for infertility research

2013-05-11 00:00:00

The anguished faces of couples desperate to conceive children move Sylvia Bernassoli. "Your heart goes out to them, because they're just beside themselves because they can't have a baby," said Bernassoli, 79, of McMurray. She cares so much that...

'We felt so alone'

2013-05-08 16:53:00

Kandis and Daniel Tubb spent hours analyzing the ultrasound pictures, straining to see traces of each other in their unborn son's features. Daniel said his sweet little button nose came from Kandis. And Kandis thought almost everything else looked like...

"I was determined to be a mom"

2013-05-06 16:59:00

Amanda Kehler packed away the baby book where she had been keeping track of her doctors' appointments and how she was feeling. She boxed up the baby outfits she had been so excited to receive from her grandmother and sisters, along with every other...

Family Over Forty: How Easy Is It?

2013-04-22 10:29:00

You've heard the saying "40 is the new 30," but is it really when it comes to having children?� It seems more women are having children well into their 40's, but just how easy is it to get pregnant? "I am 41," said Tina Young. "And I just had my first...

A handout picture taken on July 12, 2008 shows the world's first in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) baby Louise Brown (2R) posing with her son Cameron (R), her mother Lesley Brown (2L) and IVF pioneer Professor Robert Edwards (L) during a celebration ahead of Louise's 30th birthday at Bourn Hall Clinic,

2012-07-12 00:00:00

A single cycle of IVF raises the risk of ovarian cancer, a new study finds. But for infertile women determined to become pregnant, the risk may be smaller than it first appears.

2011-10-27 15:33:13

Giuliana Rancic is thanking a baby she has yet to conceive for saving her life. When the E!

2011-10-20 21:25:23