Category: News and Events

a blog by Michelle Ottey, PhD, Director of Operations, Fairfax Cryobank and Cryogenic Laboratories, Inc. August 26, 2010 – There has been a lot of talk about designer babies in the media in regard to using donor sperm. The subject…

a blog by Ellen Glazer, August 26, 2010 – I know a teacher who finally became pregnant with IVF after years of struggle with infertility. When she told her class that she was expecting a baby and was due in May, barely a month…

Elevation of a stress biomarker, salivary alpha-amylase, is associated with a reduction in a woman’s chances of conceiving during the fertile part of her monthly cycle, according to research published online Aug. 5 in Fertility…

A blog by Tori Emmons, August 25, 2010 – The last couple of months (maybe a few months) have felt hopeless. I’ve been unmotivated to write, unmotivated to work, pretty much just plain old unmotivated. The World Keeps Moving…

by Arika Avedano, Senior Case Manager for Northern California and Nevada, The Donor SOURCE, August 25, 2010 – IVF, especially donor IVF, can be a long and difficult road. However, there is no denying that it boasts the most…

According to a new campaign by RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association “People with Infertility Are Being Ignored.” This campaign is on the heels of Breaking the Silence of Infertility, an article in the August 2010 issue…

a blog by Amy Demma, Prospective Families, August 18, 2010 – Recently, I was contacted by a recipient mom who needed to connect with her otherwise anonymous egg donor. She and her husband were blessed with a successful egg…

They had endured three miscarriages, ten unsuccessful attempts at fertility treatment – and nine years of heartache. But the desperate battle to have a child has finally paid off for Theresa and Dave Mechan – and the adorable…

a blog by Mikki Morrissette August 16, 2010 – I still get surprised when people equate having a child on your own with deciding that men are not important. I understand why there can be the confusion. I?m just always a bit taken…

a blog by jennandtonica, August 13, 2010 – Maybe it’s because I’m a talkative person who is terrible at keeping her own secrets, but I never once considered keeping the details of our fertility treatments a secret. read more