A report that a Chinese couple used surrogates to have two sets of triplets and one set of twins poses ethical questions and stirs up anger over how the wealthy can circumvent the one-child policy.
Archive for January, 2012
Study finds doctors shouldn’t transfer 3 or more embryos into women having IVF at any age
Thursday, January 19th, 2012LONDON — A new study of fertility treatment found that women who get three or more embryos have no better odds of having a baby than those who get just two embryos.
They also have a greater chance of risky multiple births. “Women who have gone through infertility treatment want the best chance of having a baby, but we need to explain that the data shows transferring more embryos doesn’t actually do that,” said Dr. Scott Nelson, head of reproductive and maternal medicine at the University of Glasgow, who co-authored the study published in Thursday’s issue of Lancet.
India: Counseling to prepare surrogate moms
Monday, January 16th, 2012India: When the bundle of surrogate joy is delivered to the biological parents, there is happiness in their eyes. But, for the surrogate mother, it can be a heart-wrenching moment, having to let go forever the baby she carried in her womb for nine months, despite the money. It is here that counsellors step in.
They have been speaking to the surrogate mother over several meetings and preparing her for this moment – to give away the baby with the thought that she is doing a good deed, and it is not all just money.
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Some IVF patients don’t follow doctor’s orders
Friday, January 13th, 2012Doctors recommend women using fertility treatments cut back on certain activities to increase their chances of having children, but a new study suggests they’re not listening.
Although recommendations are based on just a handful of studies in humans, doctors typically tell women to cut back or eliminate exercise, smoking, drinking and herbal supplement use during their in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle. Some believe cutting back on those habits will increase the chance of a successful pregnancy.
Both lesbian moms have parental rights, Florida court rules
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012They fell in love, moved in together in a house in central Florida and had a baby girl. Now they are fighting over who should raise the child. But unlike most couples, they are two women. One donated the egg. The other had it implanted into her womb and carried the child to term.
So which one is the mother? The woman who bore the child says it is she and she alone.
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Beyonce Gives Birth: Labor Details
Sunday, January 8th, 2012On Saturday, pop star Beyonce Knowles, wife of hip-hop mogul Jay-Z, reportedly gave birth to girl Blue Ivy Carter by C-section in New York City at Lenox Hill Hospital, according to Fox News.
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Elizabeth Banks: Surrogacy Is a ‘Big Leap’ of Faith
Thursday, January 5th, 2012The future is looking bright for Elizabeth Banks.
Amidst her upcoming roles in Man On a Ledge, What to Expect When You’re Expecting and the highly-anticipated Hunger Games, the actress is also still finding her groove as a first-time mom to 9-month-old son Felix.
“I am the least looked-after I’ve been in quite some time,” Banks, 38, says in Lucky‘s February issue.
“Normally, for photo shoots, I get a full wax, some tanning, a facial. But this time I’ve done nothing.”
Instead, Banks prefers to spend any free time with her “little dude,” Felix — her and husband Max Handelman‘s blessing that arrived after unsuccessful attempts to become pregnant.
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‘Octomom’ in one-child China stuns public
Sunday, January 1st, 2012BEIJING – The photo was undeniably cute: a studio portrait of eight babies in identical onesies and perky white cotton hats, sporting an array of expressions from giggly to goofy, baffled to bawling. ntended as an advertisement for the studio, the photo grabbed a different kind of attention: In a country that limits most couples to one child, many Chinese were amazed to learn that a couple had spent nearly a million yuan ($160,000) and illegally enlisted two surrogate mothers to help have the four boys and four girls.
