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3rd Party Reproduction
Thanks to services like egg, sperm, and embryo donation, plus gestational surrogacy, couples have various opportunities for becoming parents.  

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Whether or Not to Tell the Truth about Third Party Reproduction

If you’ve decided to use a third party to conceive your baby, you’ve probably wondered whether to share with your loved ones your family’s unconventional start—and if and when to...

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How to Hire a Reproductive Attorney

If you’re facing fertility challenges and turning to assisted reproductive technologies, you may need some expert legal advice. To make sure you get the best, you’ll need to do some...

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Tips for Choosing a Sperm Donor

For couples who can’t conceive with the husband’s sperm, or single women who want a biological child, sperm donation is a safe and effective option, says Michael J. Slowey, M.D.,...

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Tips for Choosing an Egg Donor

A growing number of women—especially those over age 40, and women who have been unsuccessful with other infertility treatments—are using donor eggs.

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Getting Pregnant with Donor Eggs

If you’ve decided to use an egg donor, you’re not alone. More than 11 percent of all high-tech fertility treatments now involve donor eggs.

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Getting Pregnant with Donor Sperm

Generally speaking, it’s not a situation anyone really pictures themselves in. But one day you may find yourself wanting to get pregnant and needing to buy some sperm.

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Ways to Strengthen Your Relationship When Using a Donor or Surrogate

When a third person—egg donor, sperm donor, or surrogate—becomes part of the baby-making process, a couple’s relationship may require extra attention.

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Third Party Reproduction and the Law

Third-party reproduction dates back to at least the Old Testament, points out the American Fertility Association.

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Generous Donations: Egg Donors and Surrogates

When a couple is having trouble conceiving or carrying a pregnancy, sometimes a “third party” is enlisted to help. These women—egg donors and surrogates—are giving one of the greatest gifts of all. Find...



Get Pregnant

I'm Ready to Have a Baby, He's Not

Even couples who agree about most things may find themselves at odds when it comes...

Tantric Sex

The phrase “Tantric sex” may set off strange images in your mind of exhausting marathon...

How Dance Can Get You and Your Partner in the Mood for Baby-Making

Dancing is a fabulous way for couples to get close, have fun...and put each other...

Menstruation and Fertility

Have you ever wondered why women menstruate, and why periods occur approximately once a month?...

Boost Your Fertility

Genetic Tests to Consider Before Getting Pregnant

There are now tests to detect genetic carriers for dozens of hereditary conditions.

9 Ways to Boost Your Fertility

Think fertility is a “you’ve-got-it-or-you-don’t” kind of thing? Think again. There are some simple...

The Most Common Fertility Mistakes You (And Your Doctor) Could Be Making

Nobody's perfect, and when it comes to making a baby, there are some common mistakes...

Dental Health: Your Fertility Depends On It

Why it’s important to have a healthy mouth before you conceive.

Fertility Concerns

Unexplained Infertility

For a significant number of infertile couples, even the experts don’t know why they can't...

Your Thyroid Gland, Your Fertility

The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland in your neck. You probably don’t even know it’s...

Age

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Varicoceles

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Infertility

The Pressure to Get Pregnant

You want a baby...badly. But there may be another woman who wants your baby almost...

How to Get Pregnant with the IVF Super Cycle

Things have changed since most of us learned the facts about menstruation in school health...

IVF 101: In Vitro Fertilization Explained

As kids, we all learned about the birds and the bees. But we probably didn’t...

The Power of Pets When You're Trying to Conceive

They’re not just “child-substitutes.” Pets are companions, stress-relievers, and practice dependents. And they may be...