Elton John and David Furnish used the surrogacy agency used by high-profile...
Sir Elton John and David Furnish used a long established surrogacy agency in their quest to have a child. The Centre for Surrogate Parenting, based in Encino, California, and Annapolis, Maryland, has...
View ArticleMother to Freeze Own Eggs So Toddler Can Create Family
Mothers give birth to sons or daughters - pretty straightforward stuff. But when one English toddler grows up and starts a family, her child will be her own half-sibling. At least that's the plan. The...
View ArticleEgg donor hopeful in new plea to women
A woman has issued a renewed plea for people to come forward and donate eggs as she battles to have a baby. The 30-year-old, who asked not to be named, contacted the Mail last year in a desperate...
View ArticleEgg Donation HFEA consultation
The consultation will focus on three main areas of policy: * The level of compensation for donors * The number of families a donor can help to create * Family donation Prof Lisa Jardine, Chair of the...
View ArticleCash for eggs: there are so many issues
Fertility and its management is always an emotive subject that polarises opinion. The views of the public are currently being sought on surrogacy - in the spotlight again following Nicole Kidman's...
View ArticleCanadian egg and sperm donation
Under the current law in Canada egg and sperm donors both have the right to anonymity. However, a court in Vancouver is about to rule whether this is right or not and whether it should continue. If the...
View ArticleUS egg donation scam
A 31 year old American woman, Janae Helgerson has been charged with wire fraud and making false statements after setting up a bogus egg donation service called Mid-West Egg Donation. Prosecutors say...
View ArticleEgg and sperm donors could be tracked
The Australian government is considering launching a new registry to allow the tracking of both sperm and egg donors by those Australians conceived with their help. Proposed changes would also...
View ArticleWomen lured into cash for eggs
A new documentary, "Eggsploitation" covers the serious health hazards involved in paid egg donation, and the exploitation of young women who sign up in the hope of making large amounts of money...
View ArticleMost women would donate their eggs
A survey carried out by the Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine has found that 71 per cent of women would consider donating their eggs to another women with fertility issues. Infertile couples...
View ArticleUS egg donation class-action
Two San Francisco based law firms have begun a class-action for egg donors to receive more money for their donations. Thousands of woman across the US have now joined the action against the American...
View ArticleWorld egg bank
The World Egg Bank clinic based in Phoenix, Arizona has partnered with the CARE Fertility Centre in the UK to provide donated eggs to CARE's UK clients. Egg donor matching service The World Egg Bank...
View ArticleEgg donation risk
Egg donation as a route to get pregnant is potentially risky for women who suffer from Turner's syndrome. Turner's syndrome Turner's syndrome is a chromosomal disorder which affects approximately 1 in...
View ArticleNew Zealanders head abroad for fertility treatment
It is estimated that one couple every week travel abroad from New Zealand for egg donation fertility treatment due to the ban in New Zealand on egg donors being paid. Couples are travelling to the US...
View ArticleEgg Donation - the basics
Healthy women between the ages of 18 to 35 can usually be egg donors. This is because a woman’s fertility decreases from 35 years onwards. Women who have been sterilised can still be egg donors as long...
View ArticleEgg donation record holder?
Melbourne office worker Faith Haugh, aged 41, may hold the world record for the number of egg donations. When she exceeded the legal total of egg donations in Australia the Melbourne resident went...
View ArticleEgg donors to receive flat fee
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), which helps regulate fertility clinics, has stated that it will allow egg donors to be paid a fixed fee of £750 per cycle. UK egg donors The...
View ArticleOlder mothers using donor eggs
Women aged over 50 who get pregnant using donor eggs do not appear to face greater risks of complications than younger women using the same assisted baby making technologies, according to one of the...
View ArticleNational Gamete Donation Trust - Egg Donation Survey
The National Gamete Donation Trust (NGDT) - a UK charity which recruits and supports egg donors for people needing fertility treatment. The NGDT is undertaking a survey on how egg donors feel about...
View ArticleEgg donor fees increase in the UK
The fees paid to egg donors in the UK were officially increased on 1st April 2012. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) announced in October 2011 that payments to egg donors would be...
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