A woman with two wombs only learned she had multiple uteruses while pregnant with her second child — after doctors missed it the first time around. Hayley Scudder, 34, was told her condition is so rare that the odds are one in a million, so she now refers to her double uteruses as “limited edition.” … Read more
This could be egg-cellent news for women struggling with infertility. A research team from Japan says it has developed a new egg maturation technique that may improve in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes. IVF babies account for about 2% of US births each year. The success rate depends on various factors, including the quality of the … Read more
Turns out the Octomom is truly one of a kind. The rate of triplet births and births of a higher order — like quadruplets, sextuplets and octuplets — dropped 62% in the US between 1998 and 2023, according to a Thursday report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC reports that … Read more
Babies conceived via assisted reproductive technology, such as in vitro fertilization, have a 36% higher risk of developing a major heart defect than children conceived naturally, a new study finds. Still, heart defects are relatively rare. The study authors found them in 1.15% of naturally conceived babies and 1.84% of babies born after assisted reproduction. … Read more
It’s the sweetest itch. “Jersey Shore: Family Vacation” star Samantha “Sammi Sweetheart” Giancola wants a baby — and she described her deeply personal IVF journey to The Post in an exclusive interview. The 37-year-old got engaged in March and has spent the last year undergoing in-vitro fertilization treatments, which will be a focus of Part 2 … Read more
A nurse was diagnosed with a brain tumor which made her think people were speaking a different language – and she blames it on taking HRT. Lucy Woodhouse, 43, says she experienced severe headaches which felt like hangovers and struggled to read aloud. But then in a meeting with colleagues she found herself unable to … Read more
Researchers say they have developed a 3D imaging model of early-stage embryos that may make it easier for women to get pregnant through in vitro fertilization (IVF). About 2.5% of US births — nearly 92,000 — were from IVF in 2022. When IVF patients create several embryos, it can be difficult to determine which ones have … Read more
Over the last decade, the average age for having a baby rose to 32.2 years, up from 31.1 in 2011. With women deciding to push having a baby until they feel they’re more educated and financially secure, many are contemplating the idea of freezing their eggs. Kidspot recently caught up with Dr Lynn Burmeister, the Medical Director at No. 1 … Read more
A heartbroken woman has said she’s giving up on being a parent upending her life and spending an estimated $165,000 on in vitro fertilization. “It feels like the death of a dream,” said Katie Abdou, 37, who feels doctors gave her false hope. “IVF has ruined my life.” Now, the would-be mom in mourning is … Read more
She’s not over the hill, but she’s over the negative comments. A Toronto mom who welcomed a baby at 50 says trolls tell her it’s “shameful” to be an older parent — but she feels “wiser” and “more immersed” in her son’s life than when she gave birth as a teen. “I feel I broke … Read more
Inconceivable. A new study has shown scientists that a solution is on the horizon for those suffering from infertility, as well as some same-sex couples whose current option for a biological child is to outsource at least one parent. The proposed treatment — which employs the same process used to create Dolly, the sheep cloned … Read more
A UK medical writer who doesn’t think she wants to have children has donated 88 eggs to help four couples start families. Alex Webster, 31, hatched a plan after discovering in 2016 that her friend needed donor eggs to conceive. Feeling inspired and wanting to help other women in the same situation, she contacted the … Read more
If you want to make babies right, sometimes it’s best to do it yourself. When Mandi Pitzer and her husband Andrew hadn’t conceived six months after getting married in November 2014, she didn’t immediately become alarmed. The then-newlywed just figured it would happen — eventually. Almost immediately after saying “I Do,” the brunette stopped taking the … Read more
Researchers say they have developed a noninvasive method to better predict the quality of embryos created through in vitro fertilization — they hope it makes it easier to get pregnant. “Unfortunately, IVF success still involves a big element of chance, but that’s something we’re hoping our research can change,” Dr. H. Irene Su, a professor … Read more
It was looking back at photos of a Europe trip with friends at 21 that tipped Shari Dawson off that something wasn’t quite right. She’d always had a slight overbite but, looking at the images, she realised her smile was starting to look different and her jaw had hurt. “I would slowly notice that my … Read more
He’s the spurned sperminator. A UK sperm donor who has impregnated nearly 200 women says he paradoxically can’t find a partner — which he attributes to his perennial seed-spreading that makes women “jealous.” “It’s very hard to find someone who can tolerate this lifestyle,” the Newcastle native, who simply goes by Donor Joe, 51, told … Read more
A Las Vegas woman who underwent in vitro fertilization was left heartbroken after a CVS pharmacy accidentally gave her her abortion pills that took the lives of her unborn children. Timika Thomas, a mother of four who previously had her fallopian tubes removed, recalls that she began “cramping really bad” when issued Misoprostol instead of … Read more
“Real Housewives of New York City” star Jessel Taank – who sat front row at the glittering Falguni Shane Peacock runway extravaganza along with Nick Cannon, Bre Tiesi and Kylie Cantrall – has been candid about her infertility struggles on the rebooted reality series. “I don’t regret anything that I’ve said or done on the … Read more
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Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston are true friends. The actress revealed Tuesday that her longtime pal Sandler and his wife Jackie always send her flowers on Mother’s Day as the “Morning Show” star claimed to suffer from infertility in a profile published in WSJ Magazine. The Post reached out to Aniston and Sandler for comment. … Read more