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New Lending Boom: 'Fertility Finance'

Matt Cantor — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:25:05 CST

Poor economy or not, families want children—and with bank credit tight, a specialized industry is reaping the benefits. "Fertility finance" firms provide loans for in vitro fertilizations, which regularly cost more than $20,000. The business looks set to soar this year, insiders tell the Wall Street Journal . It's...

Pregnant Women in 50s Do Just Fine

Dustin Lushing — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:58:16 CST

Women in their 50s who receive donated eggs have just as healthy pregnancies as their younger counterparts who do the same, a new study shows. In the largest analysis to date, researchers found that 101 women age 50 and older who used in-vitro fertilization had no more complications than women...

Chinese Lust to Have 'Dragon' Baby

Mark Russell — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:50:19 CST

The dragon is one of the luckiest and most powerful signs in the Chinese zodiac, and people born in the year of the dragon—which runs from today to Feb. 9, 2013—are supposed to be strong and successful. So many Chinese and Chinese-Americans are going to extraordinary lengths to...

Mississippi Decides Today: Is Fertilized Egg a Person?

Rob Quinn — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:17:55 CST

Mississippi voters are being asked to decide today whether a fertilized egg should be considered a person under the state constitution—and polls show a near-even split on the question. If it passes, Initiative 26 will be the first "personhood" law in the nation. The initiative is designed to outlaw...

Germany OKs Genetic Embryo Tests

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:24:19 CDT

After an emotional debate, German lawmakers voted yesterday to allow a procedure that looks for genetic disorders in embryos before they are implanted in the womb. Lawmakers voted to permit the procedure known as pre-implantation genetic diagnosis—a procedure sometimes used after in-vitro fertilization, when parents whose families have a...

Buy IVF Lotto Ticket, Win Baby?

Kate Schwartz — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:42:41 CDT

Beginning this month, would-be British parents who are struggling to conceive will have an unusual way to attempt to have a baby: via lottery. To Hatch, a charity that doles out fertility advice, will raffle off $40,000 worth of fertility treatments at a top clinic beginning July 30. Tickets...

Octomom: I Hate Babies

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:19:40 CDT

Here's more evidence—if anyone needed it—why having 14 kids might not be such a great idea. Octomom Nadya Suleman has gone completely 'round the bend, revealing she "hates babies," calling her older children "animals," and confessing that she often considers suicide. “ I hate babies , they disgust me,” she...

61-Year-Old Gives Birth ... to Own Grandson

John Johnson — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 14:24:56 CST

It seems at first blush like a crazy tabloid story: A 61-year-old woman gives birth in Chicago, and the baby is her own grandson. Not only is it true, it's actually a nice tale, as the Chicago Tribune explains. Kristen Casey, believed to be the oldest woman in Illinois to...

Phone App Predicts Chance of IVF Success

Nick McMaster — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:41:39 CST

British scientists have developed a one-minute test they swear is a highly reliable predictor of whether a couple can conceive a child with in vitro fertilization, the Telegraph reports. What's more, it's a questionnaire—no blood or tissue sampling required. It's already available for free here and will soon be...