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Parenting
fromwww.theguardian.com
18 hours ago

Trying to conceive? Welcome to the worry-filled world of trimester zero'

Pregnancy involves uncertainty, with many couples facing challenges in conception and complications, but preparation during 'trimester zero' can improve outcomes.
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago
Parenting

Women Are Sharing The Shocking Pregnancy Secrets That *No One* Talks About, And I Had No Idea

Parenting
fromwww.theguardian.com
18 hours ago

Trying to conceive? Welcome to the worry-filled world of trimester zero'

Pregnancy involves uncertainty, with many couples facing challenges in conception and complications, but preparation during 'trimester zero' can improve outcomes.
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago
Parenting

Women Are Sharing The Shocking Pregnancy Secrets That *No One* Talks About, And I Had No Idea

#endometriosis
fromIndependent
1 week ago
Medicine

Endometriosis: 'It wasn't until I became a mother that I realised my period pain was the same level as labour pain'

Medicine
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

'I have four months left to preserve my fertility'

A 30-year-old woman with severe endometriosis requiring major surgery is urgently freezing eggs within four months due to critically low egg reserves to preserve her fertility.
Public health
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

I was full of shame at being sacked after having endometriosis surgery

A high-performing employee lost her job after missing targets following surgery for severe endometriosis; an employment tribunal ruled in her favor affecting employer treatment.
Medicine
fromwww.bbc.com
2 days ago

AR tech prepares patients for endometriosis surgery

A new augmented reality system helps patients with endometriosis understand their condition and surgical options more clearly.
Medicine
fromIndependent
1 week ago

Endometriosis: 'It wasn't until I became a mother that I realised my period pain was the same level as labour pain'

Persistent pain and delayed diagnosis of endometriosis significantly impact mental health and self-esteem.
Medicine
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

I've had six operations for endometriosis we need another way to diagnose it'

Endometriosis affects 1 in 10 women in the UK, with diagnosis often taking eight years, highlighting the need for better diagnostic options.
Medicine
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

'I waited 30 years for my endometriosis diagnosis'

Many women face long delays in endometriosis diagnosis, leading to severe health complications and pain.
Medicine
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

'I have four months left to preserve my fertility'

A 30-year-old woman with severe endometriosis requiring major surgery is urgently freezing eggs within four months due to critically low egg reserves to preserve her fertility.
#fertility-treatment
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago
Mental health

Worrisome Thoughts About Sex During Donor Conception

Medicalized fertility treatments can turn sex into a scheduled, stressful task that reduces intimacy and triggers intrusive, image-based emotional responses.
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago
Mental health

Reclaiming Your Body After Fertility Treatment

Reclaiming the body after fertility treatment requires grieving loss, integrating the journey, and allowing time, care, patience for the body to feel familiar and connected.
fromIndependent
1 week ago

Ask Allison: My husband won't talk about our IVF heartbreak and he drinks - and drives, most nights

Rapid engagement and marriage can sometimes mask underlying issues that may only surface later, especially when couples have not lived together prior to tying the knot.
Relationships
#ivf
SF LGBT
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Anyone who goes through IVF 'should be so proud', says Sara Pascoe

IVF is a significant journey, and those who undergo it should feel proud of their efforts.
Medicine
fromwww.bbc.com
6 days ago

'Something wasn't right': Wrong sperm given to UK families by IVF clinics in Northern Cyprus

IVF clinics in Northern Cyprus have been linked to cases of wrong sperm or egg donor usage, raising concerns about regulation and donor anonymity.
SF LGBT
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Anyone who goes through IVF 'should be so proud', says Sara Pascoe

IVF is a significant journey, and those who undergo it should feel proud of their efforts.
Medicine
fromwww.bbc.com
6 days ago

'Something wasn't right': Wrong sperm given to UK families by IVF clinics in Northern Cyprus

IVF clinics in Northern Cyprus have been linked to cases of wrong sperm or egg donor usage, raising concerns about regulation and donor anonymity.
Health
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 week ago

A healthy pregnancy doesn't depend solely on the woman: why the father's health is crucial for child development

Father's health and behaviors significantly impact pregnancy outcomes and child development, challenging the traditional focus solely on the mother.
#infertility
Relationships
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Conversations about infertility are hard, but essential | Letters

Infertility conversations lack a shared vocabulary, making support difficult; genuine communication involves acknowledging discomfort and expressing a desire to understand.
Parenting
fromFlowingData
1 week ago

Infertility path from the perspective of mother and child

Infertility and IVF present complex challenges in the journey to parenthood, often contrasting the perception of a straightforward process.
Relationships
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Infertility: at a time when we need the right words, others are unable to find them | Nuala McGovern

Infertility is a challenging topic that many struggle to discuss, leading to discomfort and inappropriate language.
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 days ago

Parents' umbilical cord dilemma: Donate or preserve, even if it may never be used

The probability that frozen tissue will benefit the person who froze it is remote. The chance of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common childhood cancer, currently stands at one in 20,000.
Medicine
Parenting
fromSlate Magazine
1 week ago

My Husband's Sister Refuses to Carry Our Baby for a Selfish, Irrational Reason

Surrogacy is a personal choice, and individuals have the right to refuse for any reason, including emotional discomfort.
Cancer
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

'How my girl, 9, beat kidney failure and cancer'

A nine-year-old girl survived kidney failure, received a transplant, overcame bowel cancer, and was declared cancer-free, defying medical expectations at each stage.
Women in technology
fromTODAY.com
3 weeks ago

Woman Repurposes IVF Syringes To Make Art. It Helped Her - And Other Families - Cope With Infertility

Artist Jamie Kushner Blicher transforms IVF needles into paintings, creating meaningful art that helps fertility patients process their journeys while donating proceeds to fertility organizations.
fromIndependent
1 week ago

'It's a huge amount of money': Modern fertility medicine is a miracle - but it's also a booming business

Since the first IVF baby was born in 1978, technological advancement of reproductive medicine has enabled millions to have children, marking a significant milestone in medical history.
Medicine
Parenting
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago

My Mother-in-Law Thinks This Common Childhood Toy Will Cause My Son to Become Sterile

Stand up for your parenting choices and ignore unsolicited advice from family.
fromSlate Magazine
1 week ago

The Baby's Heart Stopped. One Phrase Has Stuck With Me for Years Since.

There is a piece of advice given to doctors in moments like this: Check your own pulse. Each person in the room has a role, and we perform it best with steady hands and measured voices.
Medicine
#egg-donation
Cancer
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

'Game-changing' urine tests could detect breast cancer, endometriosis and PCOS

Home-based urine tests are being developed to detect breast cancer, endometriosis, and PCOS with high accuracy, potentially reducing diagnostic waiting times.
Left-wing politics
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Reproductive Tech That Promises Smart Babies Is Peddling Soft Eugenics

Reproductive tech companies now offer embryo genetic screening for intelligence and disease, raising concerns about eugenics, disability discrimination, and wealth-based genetic enhancement.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

I clicked on a button and everything changed': how a DNA test turned my life upside-down

It was another detail that the rest of the family apparently knew but had never told me; they thought I already knew. The biology mattered less to me than the secret. Dad had been adopted, it turned out. A classic affliction of the 1950s, in which young, unmarried couples were forced to give away their newborn babies.
Books
Women in technology
fromNature
1 month ago

Uncharted: Understanding women's health across the body

Women's health remains largely understudied due to historical exclusion from clinical research, creating significant gaps in understanding disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment across most health conditions.
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Tennessee Hospital Denies Woman Sterilization Surgery, Citing Duty to "Sacred Fertility"

Since I was young, I've never wanted kids, and I've wanted to pursue sterilization since I learned that that was something that a person could do. I've tried a lot of different options for birth control. None of them have worked for me.
Healthcare
Public health
fromAxios
1 month ago

More pregnant Americans are skipping prenatal care, CDC finds

First-trimester prenatal care in the U.S. declined to 75.5% in 2024, with late or no care increasing to 7.3% nationally, affecting all age groups and most racial and ethnic populations.
fromJezebel
1 month ago

Woman Says Catholic Hospital Canceled Sterilization Surgery to 'Protect Her Sacred Fertility'

I've wanted to pursue sterilization since I learned that that was something that a person could do. I've tried a lot of different options for birth control, none of them have worked for me. She added that she never wanted kids, has a history of assault, and is worried about living in a state with one of the strictest abortion bans in the country.
Healthcare
Medicine
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 weeks ago

Healthy babies are now possible for more people with kidney disease

Women with kidney disease can now successfully carry pregnancies with proper medical management and kidney transplants, reversing decades of medical discouragement against pregnancy in this population.
#endometriosis-diagnosis
Medicine
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
3 weeks ago

Like knives inside my body': How a new ultrasound simulator could help doctors better diagnose endometriosis

Endometriosis affects 10% of people with uteruses globally, causing severe pain and infertility, with a new ultrasound simulator training device improving clinician diagnosis accessibility.
Medicine
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

Endometriosis study aims for safer diagnosis

An NHS clinical trial tests a non-invasive diagnostic method using abdominal electrodes to detect endometriosis, potentially reducing diagnosis delays that currently require surgery.
Public health
fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago

Understanding the Role of an Ovulation Tracker in Modern Fertility Care

Digital ovulation trackers detect LH surges to identify brief fertile windows, providing precise, real-time, and personalized fertility monitoring superior to calendar or symptom methods.
Medicine
fromSlate Magazine
3 weeks ago

At 42, With Three Young Kids, I Got a Diagnosis That Would Have Me Dead in a Year. That Was Somehow Just the Beginning.

A 42-year-old man was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare and aggressive bile duct cancer with a 10% five-year survival rate, after initially presenting with jaundice symptoms.
California
fromKqed
2 months ago

What to Know about California's Law Expanding IVF Access in 2026 | KQED

California enacted Senate Bill 729 requiring large employers' health plans to cover infertility diagnoses, treatments, and up to three completed oocyte retrievals.
Science
fromMail Online
2 months ago

Women could soon give birth to babies in SPACE, scientists claim

Human fertility in space presents urgent, poorly understood risks from microgravity and cosmic radiation requiring international research, ethical guidelines, and policy action for long-duration missions.
fromKqed
2 months ago

What to Know about California's Law Expanding IVF Access in 2026 | KQED

The new law, Senate Bill 729, dictates that large insurance groups (defined as 101 or more employees) must expand their services to cover infertility treatments and diagnoses. In addition, according to the bill's text, large health insurance groups also must be able to cover "a maximum of 3 completed oocyte retrievals." Keep in mind that some of these services are for "medically necessary" cases of infertility - like egg freezing before cancer treatment.
California
Medicine
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

'He's stolen these people's embryos': Couples sue SoCal doctor amid drug, mental health allegations

A California fertility doctor with a suspended medical license moved patients' embryos without consent and continued practicing medicine, prompting a lawsuit from 26 couples seeking return of their embryos.
fromNews Center
1 month ago

First-Of-Its-Kind Probe Monitors Fetal Health in Utero During Surgery - News Center

The soft, flexible, robotic probe could dramatically improve safety during fetal surgeries, procedures in which physicians operate on a fetus before birth. Currently, doctors primarily rely on intermittent measurements of fetal heart rate using ultrasound imaging from outside the pregnant person's body. The new device, on the other hand, can be gently inserted through the same narrow port already used in fetal surgeries.
Healthcare
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Are You Choosing a Donor or a Parent?

Over my decades of practice, seeing thousands of people who use donor conception to have their children, I have seen a steady increase in people who want to either co‑parent or who plan to use the sperm or eggs of someone they know and plan to call that person "mom" or "dad." While I have seen many of these beautiful arrangements work out well, many have not.
Parenting
Medicine
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Luke O'Neill: How a donor gave 'gift of life' by allowing woman to have a baby after womb transplant

AI tools improve donor-recipient matching and anti-rejection drug effectiveness, enabling successful womb transplants and expanding reproductive options for women without viable wombs.
Mental health
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago

After My Baby Died, I Saw 4 Words On A Standard Form At The Doctor's Office That Stopped Me Cold

Routine prenatal screenings can miss or inadequately measure grief and anxiety after pregnancy loss, leaving emotional needs unrecognized.
Public health
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Period blood test could offer less invasive alternative to cervical screening

Menstrual blood collected on a sanitary pad can detect cervical cancer signs, offering a potentially accurate, less invasive at-home screening alternative to clinician-collected cervical samples.
Medicine
fromNature
1 month ago

World-first stem-cell therapy shows promise for treating spina bifida in the womb

Placenta-derived stem cells applied to exposed fetal spinal cords during in utero surgery show safety and reverse hindbrain herniation in myelomeningocele cases.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Giving stem cells in utero to babies with spina bifida boosts quality of life, trial finds

A trial in the US found that applying stem cells from the mother's placenta to her baby's spine while it was being repaired was safe and improved the child's mobility and quality of life. Dr Diana Farmer, who led the study, said it was conceivable that the experimental therapy could become the usual way that spina bifida is treated before babies are born.
Medicine
fromScary Mommy
2 months ago

"I Talked My Husband Into A Vasectomy & Now I Regret It" & 34 Other Mom Confessions

I can't even count the number of thoughts I have every single day, just bouncing around in my head like a ping pong ball. I think every mom feels the same way, which is why when you ask a mom what's on her mind, her response could range from something like "Oh, just thinking about my kid's new soccer team" to "The fall of democracy and the state of the world."
Parenting
Medicine
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Tell us about your experience living with PCOS

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affects over 10% of reproductive-age women and involves metabolic, cardiovascular, hormonal, psychological, skin, and reproductive impacts.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Florida couple sue fertility clinic after being implanted with wrong embryo

While we are profoundly grateful to have Shea in our lives and love her immeasurably, we also recognize that we have a moral obligation to find her genetic parents, she wrote. Our joy over her birth is further complicated by the devastating reality that her genetic parents whom we do not yet know or possibly another family entirely, may have received our genetic embryo. We are heartbroken, devastated, and confused.
Medicine
Medicine
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Stay Well: We're trying for a baby. How can my husband optimise his sperm quality?

Global male sperm counts declined from 104 to 49 million/ml between 1973 and 2018, averaging a 1.2% annual decrease.
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

I'm 26 and want to be sterilised over pregnancy sickness

"I literally spent the first whole of my first trimester in bed on ice cubes, because I couldn't eat or drink," she said.
Medicine
fromTODAY.com
2 months ago

They Were Told Their Baby Would Not Survive. This Family Chose Hope Instead

"I remember sitting in the ultrasound room," Mornhineway, 30, tells TODAY.com. "Our hearts dropped. They said there was nothing to be done. Most people terminate."
Medicine
Medicine
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Married couple share same cancer diagnosis

A married couple were both incidentally diagnosed with left-kidney tumours and underwent robotic removal by the same surgeon at East Kent University Hospital.
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