Family and Parenting
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Women are prepared to pay up to £50,000 on IVF to have a babyWomen are prepared to pay up to £50,000 to realise their dreams of motherhood, a study has found. Most would take on extra work, sell possessions and sacrifice pensions to fund fertility treatment if they had difficulty conceiving. And they would be willing to spend an average of £15,000 on IVF – with one in ten prepared to shell out as much as £50,000. One in five would even consider moving hou... |
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IVF postcode lottery as NHS cuts costsChildless couples are facing a widening postcode lottery after NHS officials ordered GPs to slash the amount of fertility treatment on offer to cut costs, stark new figures show. Women in some areas are being denied access to the treatment altogether while others are facing new restrictions which appear to flout national guidelines. One in five local Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) said they had cu... |
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Why older women are more prone to fertility problemsScientists have discovered why women are more likely to suffer from miscarriages and infertility problems if they try to have babies later in life. Their study also sheds light on why children born to women in their late 30s and early 40s are at greater risk of Down's Syndrome and other genetic conditions. The team of British researchers found that as a woman gets older levels of a crucial pro... |
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Thousands attended Manchester Pride's Parade and Festival 2010Thousands of people attended Manchester's 20th annual gay Pride parade and celebrations over the Bank Holiday weekend. The parade, part of the Big Weekend that concludes Pride week, was this year led by Sir Ian McKellen. Despite damp weather, organiser Jackie Crozier told the BBC that the turnout was "fantastic". She added: "We're absolutely delighted with the amount of people who turned out a... |
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Pride Angel at Manchester Pride's Lifestyle ExpoManchester Pride's Lifetyle Expo started today with great success, thankfully the rain did not dampen any spirits, with hundreds of visitors attending the variety of stalls. Pride Angel were happy to be one of those stalls and gave advice to those interested in becoming parents through donor conception or co-parenting. Erika and Karen the co-founders of Pride Angel said 'We are so happy by the ... |
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Sperm Donation - FSDWHi,My wife and I are trying to find a nice man who will kindly donate some of his sperm. We are using the Free Sperm Donations Worldwide website and have come into contact with a few men.We have done this before, and met a really nice guy, but after 6 months of trying it didn't work. Now we've moved to a different part of the UK, we want to try again.It now feels really strange that we... |
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Shouldn't donors donate for 'altruism' rather than reward?Many men and women who long for a baby - but are beset by fertility problems - will read with envy the news that Samantha Cameron has given birth to a baby girl and say a silent prayer that they too will be so blessed. Yet the fact remains that, in many cases, their prayers will not be answered because of a chronic shortage in the number of people willing to donate eggs or sperm to help them con... |
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Egg donors could get up to £800 in paymentsCurrently the Human Fertility and Embryology Authority (HFEA) imposes a £250 cap on payments so as to avoid commercialising the procedure. But the low payment is thought to be behind a shortage in egg and sperm donation which is driving infertile women and men to overseas – often unregulated – clinics, according to research. Now the HFEA is considering adopting the Spanish system which would s... |
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Surrogacy: We went from nought to three children in a yearAfter her hopes of getting pregnant were crushed, Caroline Van Den Heever turned to surrogacy to keep alive her dream of starting a family My house is full of noise and activity – shouting, laughter and colourful paintings pinned to the noticeboard. Not so long ago, it was deathly quiet and I hated it. That was before my husband Jan and I had our three amazing children, born through surrogacy an... |
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Manchester Pride 2010 begins with Fringe festivalManchester Pride 2010 began today with a Fringe festival of comedy, art, theatre and sport. More than 40 events will be held in 20 venues ahead of the Big Weekend, which starts next Friday. The Big Weekend will feature acts such as Kelis, Beverly Knight and Belinda Carlisle and includes the annual pride march through the city centre. Coronation Street cast and crew will mark the soap's 50th ... |
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