Technology and security has improved drastically in last twenty years, but stories like the following still shouldn’t be taken lightly and for future parents looking to use a sperm bank, extra precautions should always be taken when using donor sperm. Imagine finding out 21 years after the birth of your child, that the sperm donor…

Imagine starting a family using a sperm donor from a reputable sperm bank. You took the time to flip through athletics, eye color, bone structure and education of donors. Now imagine getting a phone call after the child was born and being asked to go and check if your baby is still alive. It sounds…

New medical advancements might offer some women a second chance at becoming pregnant. Some women reach menopause much earlier in life, and are unable to become pregnant. Around 1 per cent of women suffer from a condition called primary ovarian insufficiency which brings on menopause at a very young age. Scientists have found a way to…

Freezing eggs was always presented as a last option to women but now it’s quickly becoming a perfectly normal procedure that is being encouraged by many. Imagine being your own egg donor when you are ready to conceive. With women postponing becoming mothers, this might just be the right option for some. But the longer…

It appears the UK is set to become the first nation to allow the creation of babies from DNA of three individuals. Sounds absurd right? Well, there is a reason for the new procedure that could potentially begin in a couple of years. Mitochondrial disease, a disease that is passed on from mother to child…

A new IVF technique that takes thousands of snapshots of a developing embryo is said to be able to assist doctors pick those most likely to implant successfully and develop into healthy babies. The technique which was developed in the UK is already being used to select “low risk” embryos that are least likely to…

Men and women who donated their sperm or egg cells anonymously should consider revealing their identity to their biological children, a study into the ethics of donor conception in the UK has recommended. All children born as a result of donor conception after 2005, when the law on anonymity was changed, already have the right…

Just on the heels of our last post about the new movie, The Delivery Man – a film about an anonymous sperm donor who has fathered over 500 kids,  similar multiple occurrences have surfaced via fertility figures released in the UK, but on a lesser scale. The figures reveal that exactly 500 anonymous donors have fathered…

In a symbolic gesture that will be appreciated by many aspiring moms, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) announced in October that the technology for freezing women’s eggs is no longer considered “experimental”, and opened the door to the widespread use of egg freezing technologies. There are many situations where egg freezing can be…

Another day, another new piece of legislation recognizing modern families! The governor of California recently signed a new bill into law that would define known sperm donors and sperm recipients as “sexually intimate partners” – even when the donor and the recipient have not had sex with one another. The new definition of “sexually intimate…