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posts related to: Embryo
Glossary of pregnancy terms: E
Electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) The continuous monitoring of the baby during labour, either through transducers which are attached by belts to the mother’s abdomen, or by a scalp electrode which is inserted through the mother’s vagina and attached to the baby’s scalp. Embryo For the first 10 weeks of pregnancy the baby is called an embryo. After…
IVF Treatment
In vitro fertilisation (IVF) can be of benefit to many couples. In IVF, eggs are gathered from the woman’s ovaries and mixed with the man’s sperm outside the body, usually in a glass dish in a laboratory. ‘In vitro’ comes from the Latin and literally means ‘in glass’, a reference to the glass container where fertilisation takes place. (While…
Ectopic baby born
10 September 1999 A 32-year-old former hairdresser, Jane Ingram, made medical history on September 3rd when her ectopic pregnancy ended in the live birth of a boy – on the same day she also gave birth to two daughters by caesarean section. Jane’s two daughters, Olivia and Mary, developed in the normal way inside her…
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Tagged Caesarean section, Ectopic pregnancy, Embryo, Fertility, hairdresser, Jane Ingram, Mary, Olivia, Pregnancy, Ronan, Ultrasound
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Baby made to save sister
October 4, 2000 BABY MADE TO SAVE SISTER AN AMERICAN test-tube baby has been carefully selected to have the right genes to save the life of his sister. The baby boy, Adam Nash, was genetically tested along with other embryos to have the type of cells needed to save his sister, suffering from a life-threatening…
Donors won’t have to register on birth certificates
Ministers have rejected calls to force parents who have children via egg or sperm donation to register the fact on the birth certificate. An earlier report by a joint committee of MPs and peers had said by not doing it the state was complicit in a lie. But the government did respond to other criticisms…
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Tagged Dawn Primarolo, Donation, Egg donation, Embryo, Fertility, Giving, Queen, Semen, Simon Fishel, Sperm donation
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Huge increase in IVF for women in their 40s
6th June 2007 The number of women in their forties who are having IVF has increased tenfold over the last 15 years, according to the Human Fertility and Embryology Authority. The figures, relating specifically to women aged between 40 and 45, show the number of IVF cycles have risen from 596 in 1991 to 6,174 last year. The…
News: Fertility laws are facing change
The government is launching a review of the laws governing fertility research and embryo treatment for the first time in fifteen years. Experts say the laws need updating to keep pace with technological advances and the public consultation will help to update the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act, which dates from 1990. Medical professionals and…
Fertility watchdog branded ‘incompetent’
Top fertility expert Robert Winston has called for the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) to be scrapped, branding it incompetent. Speaking in an interview for BBC Radio 4′s Today programme, Lord Winston said the group’s “shocking mismanagement” of recent issues had led him to speak out. The HFEA licenses fertility clinics and regulates embryo…
Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis
In 1978, the world saw the birth of the first IVF baby amid conflicting views surrounding the ethics of such treatment. Twenty-seven years later, assisted conception has made enormous progress but the same ethical questions continue, especially surrounding the area of pre-implantationgenetic diagnosis (PGD). What is PGD? Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis or PGD is a complex test which was developed…
Pregnant woman carrying ‘designer baby’
1st December Pregnant woman carrying ‘designer baby’A woman who was given permission to have embryo screening in a bid to save her two year old son is in the early stages of pregnancy. Julie Fletcher and her husband Joe, from Moira, County Down, won the go-ahead earlier this year to begin treatment in an attempt to treat…
