The atmosphere at the Protea Hotel, Ikoyi Westwood Lagos, on the morning of Wednesday June 15, was not that of a conventional social gathering. And so, those who had gathered in the mini auditorium of the hotel were prepared for just one business- to discuss about the various ethical issues surrounding the practice of invitro-fertilisation (IVF) and reproductive health in Nigeria.
It was an event put together by the management of the foremost fertility clinic, The Bridge Clinic, Lagos and the audience consists of medical experts in gynaecology and psychiatry, clerics from the Christian and Islamic faiths, media personnel as well as beneficiaries of IVF and all were out to explore ‘the ethical considerations in IVF’.
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Archive for June, 2011
Nigeria: Open forum discussion on IVF regulation
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011NPR: Nudging Young Women To Think About Fertility
Friday, June 24th, 2011Since 2004, when Christy Jones launched Extend Fertility, the first U.S. company to market egg freezing as a lifestyle choice, thousands of people have contacted her and hundreds have undergone the procedure. But there’s a troublesome disconnect.
The average age of those inquiring is 34 1/2, an ideal time to put one’s biological clock on hold. But the average age of the women who actually freeze their eggs is 37 1/2, the upper edge of the recommended range.
“There’s a huge emotional barrier,” Jones says. Egg freezing “for a lot of women brings up the idea of love, marriage, motherhood, where they are in their life.”
‘In This Together:’ Best Friends Endure Surrogate Pregnancy
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011AMHERST, Mass. — Every year, an estimated 1,300 babies are born in the United States to gestational carriers — women who bear a child from the egg and sperm of another couple. Only a small percentage of surrogacies are between friends, because close relationships make the situation even more complex. But in western Massachusetts, one woman is carrying a baby for her best friend, who has a disease that would make pregnancy dangerous.
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For Father’s Day
Thursday, June 16th, 2011Yes, it’s a commercial for Google, but in honor of fathers everywhere, whether they are struggling to become one, are struggling through the day-to-day, or recalling the adventure, this video reminds us all of the beauty and joy that fatherhood promises and delivers, generation after generation. Hurray Dads! Fertiliy Source Companies salute you!
Sweden: Daughter to Undergo Transplant of Mom’s Womb
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011Sara Ottoson, 25, of Stockholm, Sweden, could be the first woman to give birth to a baby using the same womb in which she was conceived and carried to term.
Ottoson, who was born without a uterus, will undergo an experimental procedure to have her mother’s uterus transplanted into her, according to a BBC News report.
Meet Alexis Stewart’s Daughter Jude
Thursday, June 9th, 2011She’s been trying for a baby for five years, but on March 8, Alexis Stewart‘s dream of being a mom finally came true when she welcomed her daughter, Jude, via gestational surrogate.
“Getting Jude was lucky,” she tells PEOPLE. “I’m happy, but this has been rough.”
Ukraine Surrogacy Boom Not Risk-Free
Monday, June 6th, 2011Low tariffs and relatively lenient legislation are making Ukraine an increasingly popular destination for Western couples seeking to have children through surrogacy.
But cases of foreigners locked in legal limbo while trying to get their babies out of the country also abound — leading couples to resort to increasingly desperate measures.
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http://www.rferl.org/content/womb_for_hire_ukraine_surrogacy_boom_is_not_risk_free/24215336.html
NPR: Egg Freezing Puts The Biological Clock On Hold
Friday, June 3rd, 2011As more women postpone motherhood into their 30s, even 40s, they’re hitting that age-old constraint: the biological clock. Now, technology is dangling the possibility that women can stop that clock, at least for a while.
In a Manhattan office building on a recent evening, two dozen women — all in their 30s and 40s — sit in folding chairs, balancing cellphones and glasses of wine. They’re gathered for a seminar called “Take Control of Your Fertility.”
http://www.npr.org/2011/05/31/136363039/egg-freezing-puts-the-biological-clock-on-hold
