Surrogate Pregnancy after transfer of Cryoshipped, Vitrified Human Blastocysts

Rotunda achieved its first pregnancy with Cryoshipped Vitrified embryos from USA and transferring them into a surrogate mother.
Till now, we have received frozen embryos from many countries and successfully transferred them into surrogate mothers at Rotunda. Most of these embryos were frozen by the slow freezing process. As vitrification is becoming popular as a method [...]

America’s Funniest Surrogate Stories Contest Winner

The following was selected as the Winning Entries in America’s Funniest Surrogate Stories Contest: Grand Prize Winner:
“I’ll never forget our meeting in Virginia… My IM picked me up from the airport to take me for my sonogram and, after that, out to lunch at the local shopping mall. As we pulled into the parking lot, [...]

Bariatric Surgery Before Pregnancy Benefits Moms, Babies

Women who get pregnant after having weight-loss surgery have a lower risk of maternal and newborn complications than pregnant women who are obese, according to U.S. researchers who analyzed 75 studies.
Data from those studies showed that bariatric surgery in the United States increased by 800 percent between 1998 and 2005 (from 12,480 to 113,500). Women [...]

Twin Boys for Ricky Martin

Singer Ricky Martin is taking the rest of the year off.

Ricky Martin is the new father of twin baby boys, born by a surrogate mother.
Martin, 36, known for his hits Livin’ La Vida Loca and She Bangs, became a father a few weeks ago and plans to spend the rest of the year with the [...]

Gay couple’s road to parenthood : part of small but growing trend

John Powers and William Rossi are working double daddy duty as proud parents of identical twin girls.
 ”We’re going to give these two girls the best life possible,” said Powers, 34, a sales rep who works in the Chicago area.
On a recent Saturday, eight days before their first Father’s Day, the gay couple laughed at their [...]

Sperm From Female Stem Cells

 
British scientists have created early-stage, human sperm from female stem cells, according to a news reportin New Scientist magazine. It is claimed that the research will pave the way for same sex couples to have children that are genetically their own. However, other scientists are sceptical that this procedure would ever be possible.
Professor Karim Nayernia [...]

Lesbians lose Australian court battle over twins

An Australian couple lost a high-profile medical negligence case against their specialist fertility consultant at the Canberra Fertility Clinic last week. The couple had alleged that Dr Sydney Armellin negligently transferred two embryos rather than one as specifically requested when they received IVF treatment in 2003, thereby causing the birth of an additional baby, and then sought damages in the [...]

Needles & Eggs

Women undergoing fertility treatment could have their chances of success shooting up with acupuncture. German researchers said they have increased success rates by almost 50% in women having in vitro fertilization (IVF). The theory is that acupuncture can affect the autonomic nervous system, which is involved in the control of muscles and glands, and could [...]