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Women are turning to Facebook for a DIY approach to getting pregnant
A vial of sperm can cost $1,000, so some people are taking different approaches to finding a sperm …
Rebecca Torrence
4 mins read
When I was 26, I used IVF to have twins. 20 years later, I used a frozen embryo from the same batch to conceive my last baby.
After doing IVF for her twins, Staci McNicholl kept frozen embryos for years. Twenty years later, s…
Kelly Burch
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The widow of an Olympic snowboarder gave birth to their child using sperm taken after he died in an accident
Ellidy Pullin, widow of Australian snowboarding champion Alex "Chumpy" Pullin, got pregnant after "…
Anna Medaris Miller
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After conceiving my kids through IVF, I donated my 7 remaining embryos. I can't believe how fulfilling it feels.
After a miscarriage and struggles to conceive, a couple had two kids through IVF. They decided to d…
Kelly Burch
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Elon Musk's 76-year-old father claims he's been asked to donate sperm to create more people like his son, report says
Errol Musk told The Sun he has been approached by a South American company to donate his sperm and …
Sam Tabahriti
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A serial sperm donor who has fathered 550 children is being sued for increasing the risk of accidental incest
Dutch musician Jonathan Jacob Meijer is being sued to stop donating sperm over fears that his fathe…
Joshua Zitser
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A woman who had IVF before her cancer treatment donated her frozen embryos to a fellow survivor, giving her the chance to be a mom
After two survivors of cervical cancer bonded online, the woman who'd had IVF donated her leftover …
Jane Ridley
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A same-sex infuencer couple are running a 'donor sperm giveaway' on Instagram, and people don't know how to feel
Wives Allie and Sam are giving their followers the chance to win "1 vial of donor sperm (of your ch…
Rachel Hosie
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This baby has DNA from 2 parents plus 1 other woman
Though the baby was born with DNA from three people, its parents still supply the vast majority of …
Anna Medaris
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23andMe connected me with a half-brother I didn't know about. He made me realize I could pass a rare genetic mutation to my kids.
It was only when Meghan Thomas struggled to have a baby of her own that her mom said she was donor-…
Jane Ridley
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Rapper Da Brat says she and her wife chose a white sperm donor because the only Black donor presented to them 'looked like Jiminy Cricket'
"We didn't have a lot to choose from," Brat said, adding that out of thousands of potential donors,…
Barnaby Lane
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Man who wanted to be a sperm donor to help Black and LGBTQ families describes shock at receiving rejection email because he's gay, report says
TreVaughn Roach-Carter was surprised to find out that FDA regulations ban men who have had sex with…
Joshua Zitser
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3 men who joined clinical trials to try male birth control pills describe what it felt like, from weight gain to 'mild euphoria'
Insider talked to three men who've taken experimental birth control pills for research. All said th…
Anna Medaris
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I am 43 and decided to adopt an embryo with my partner. It cost us $2,200, and it's my last shot at motherhood.
The couple, after years of fertility treatments to become parents, is adopting an embryo from anoth…
Mary Anne Bargen
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No one talks about how hard the journey to getting pregnant can be for same-sex couples
The author shares how she went through fertility treatments to get pregnant, and the physical and e…
Holland Hager De Jesus
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Single people are ditching love and raising kids with platonic friends
Platonic co-parents build their families around common values, but forgo romance. The arrangement c…
Julia Naftulin
3 mins read
A 57-year-old teacher and CrossFitter is one of the oldest women to give birth
Barbara Higgins and her husband didn't specify the type of IVF they used. The vast majority of wome…
Anna Medaris Miller
9 mins read
Some families are forced to have kids outside their race because there isn't enough diversity among sperm and egg donors
The problem comes from both supply and demand: Black women are less likely to seek advice about fer…
Angela Hatem
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A couple's newborn son came from an adopted embryo frozen 20 years ago
Kris and Emily Burns experienced infertility before turning to embryo adoption, a process in which …
Kelly Burch
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she's thought about freezing her eggs: 'We have to make these choices that men simply don't have to make'
The representative said that more women need to talk about the challenges of balancing family-plann…