Nowadays women have a very different role to that our grandmothers or even mothers used to have. Since their access to the labour market, women have achieved practically...
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Couple win fight against UK’s NHS for same sex couples to have equal rights to IVF treatment as straight couples
A lesbian couple have won a legal case against the NHS. after they were told that they would have to pay £6,000 for IVF treatment for six rounds of IUI. Heterosexual...
Dr. Angeline Beltsos is the CEO and Medical Director of Vios Fertility Institute Chicago. She is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and in Reproductive...
In a recent article, Kasandra Brabaw reported on Kaci Sullivan, a transgender man who is ‘the first to give birth before and after transitioning’. Sullivan ‘has now...
Dr Geetha Venkat: How alcohol can affect your fertility
November is when alcohol awareness week takes place, so we asked Dr Geetha Venkat, director of the Harley Street Fertility Clinic, to look at how it can affect fertility...
Louise Brown talks on the 40th anniversary of her conception that made world history
Today marks 40 years since my conception on 10 November 1977! Following many years of incredible work by Prof Robert Edwards and Dr Patrick Steptoe, they pioneered a...
Surrogacy Options For UK Citizens
While those in need of a surrogate may have family members or good friends offer to carry for them, many are not so fortunate. As well, potential surrogates often change...
Louise Brown, first test tube baby speaks of sadness at NHS cuts to IVF
July 1978 saw the first baby ‘conceived’ in a petri dish. That baby was Louise Brown, our wonderful columnist, now 39, and a mother herself to two children. Louise spoke...
Dr Raef Faris responds to our readers questions on IVF failure
Dr Raef Faris, leading consultant at the renowned Lister Fertility Clinic, responds to questions from IVF babble readers on the reasons behind IVF failure and what you...
With cases of co-parenting rising at a dramatic rate, it’s important to have a look at the legal side. The law is often complicated, and it’s no different when it comes...