The first-ever IVF lottery, which gives prospective parents the opportunity to ‘win a baby’, is all set to launch later this month in the UK. A charity – To Hatch – which provides fertility guidance to couples, who require in vitro fertilization (IVF), has been granted a licence by UK’s Gambling Commission to run the lottery. The [...] Read more…
It’s one of the major purchases for new parents: a charming crib for their baby. However, drop-side cribs are believed to have caused the deaths of dozens of children. Drop-side cribs, which were considered the safest item in a nursery — the one single place where parents could leave a baby unattended for hours — [...] Read more…
Pregnant women can cut down their risk of stillbirth by sleeping on their left side, suggest New Zealand researchers. Women sleeping on their back or right side during the advanced stages of their pregnancy could face a greater risk of stillbirth. The risk increases twofold in the last 3 months compared with women sleeping on [...] Read more…
The Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (HFEA) wants to bring down the proportion of IVF births leading to more than one baby. According to the HFEA, in 2008 around 23.6 percent of IVF births resulted in more than one baby, which came down to 22 percent in 2009. Implanting multiple embryos ups the IVF success rate, but [...] Read more…
