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more about #fertility Ultraprison!: OK, it looks idiotic, but i had a few cheap laughs at the trailer here. I can't promise I won't see it. I remember a few years ago some ladymag had a... more » Jenloveshercurves: Alright, alright I know I'm suppose to hate this as an incredibly driven career lady, but I tell you, when Tina Fey steals babies in 30 Rock, I go, "I... more » jairip: I love it when trailers show me the entire movie so I don't have to spend $15.50 + to actually watch it in the theater. Not that I would ever lay down... more » Alohamaid: Babies! Babies! Babies! Chocolate! Chocolate! Chocolate! Ladies does Hollywood have our number! more » rodmanstreet: Tina Fey: ahead of her time. more » Penny: I am going to just walk around with my arms in front of me wailing "baaaaabies" instead of "braaaaains." more » futuremouse: I like to think that the Jennifer Aniston movie was just her way of fucking with the tabloids. Like, 'oh shit, Aniston is baby crazy, wait... is it a... more » avec_accent: I clicked the link for the Baster, thinking I was going to find some semi-hilarious parody video, mais non. "An unmarried 40-year-old woman turns to ... more » Treeless: If I were an actress, I'd have a "no childbirth scenes" clause written into all my contracts. It's always so clichéd, either played for hilarity (i... more » gold_gato: also see: Accidentally On Purpose with Jenna Elfman. more » CurtCole: I just hope it doesn't crossover into kid movies. There doesn't need to be a Magic School Bus journey into anyone's uterus or peen. more » sara-without-an-h: I hate the desperate single woman in her thirties cliché. I hate the jaunty music that makes up for the lack of actual jokes. I hate the ridiculously... more » Kristinkles Ingabogovinanana: Wait wait wait!!!! Let me guess. He needed some money and on a whim donated some sperm and it will turn out that HE IS THE FATHER!!!!! more » LadySoprano is a Fat-Fighting Superwoman: I'll start watching more rom-coms when they feature an independent, 31-year-old woman who lives in a crappy apartment on a teacher's salary with two c... more » madeofawesome: I need these two particular Jennifers to eschew the movie business. more » cowgirlblues: It's a horrendous mess, and I, like most everyone else here, am conflicted about the legal and ethical issues being raised. I am certain about one th... more » backoffhipster: I'm really annoyed that Baker's entire argument is based on Amy Kehoe's schizophrenia and how Baker thinks it may affect her ability to care for the t... more » emfish55: It sounds to me that at least part of the problem for Baker was that the Kehoes chose not to disclose the information about Mrs. Kehoe's mental illnes... more » Tambar: I wasn't going to get into this-I have ART in my future & belong to the board the baby-stealer posts on but the adoption comments get me every damn ti... more » Ultraprison!: How awful for the Kehoes. I suffer from depression and anxiety, but it's been under control for years. I can't imagine someone saying, "Oh, you are an... more » -
#filmschooled
The Back-Up Plan Trailer: Childbirth As Punchline
Are the fertility hi-jinks of single career women this coming decade's new romcom cliche of choice? Judging from this new trailer of Jennifer Lopez vehicle The Back-Up Plan and descriptions of Jennifer Aniston's The Baster, quite possibly. [JustJared] -
#babytalk
Baby Tug Of War: Everyone Loses
1 mother + 1 father + donor egg + sperm-bank sperm + surrogate carrier = trouble. Especially when it turns out the mother has a history of mental illness and the surrogate changes her mind.
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#ova
For The Last Time: Donating Your Eggs Is Not "Easy Money"
As one clinic worker tells Nerve: "We're seeing people who might not otherwise do this but for their economic condition." More » -
#clips
GMA Reports More Single Women Are Freezing Their Eggs
Today GMA visited fertility clinics where women can freeze their eggs. So far the procedure has only led to about 1,000 births worldwide, but reporter Kate Snow says, "for a lot of women, this is empowering." Clip at left. -
#babyboom
Study: Richest Countries Have Higher Birth Rates
Birth rates tend to drop as countries develop economically, but a new study has found that at the highest levels of development, fertility may rise again. This is good for economies, but potentially bad for the environment. [LiveScience] -
#leftovers
Daredevil Grandma Hang-Glides, Skydives • Semenya Withdraws From Championships
• 79-year-old Susie Mann was diagnosed with terminal intestinal cancer. Instead of giving up, Mann has decided to live out her "bucket list," and go hang-gliding, skydiving, swimming with the dolphins, and hiking the Grand Canyon on a donkey. • More » -
#babyboom
Is A Woman's Body Made For 19 Kids?
Whenever the Duggars and their mega-brood come up, someone inevitably asks: is the body designed to bear that many children? Good question: More » -
#fertilityfight
Older Moms: What Are Their Critics Really Afraid Of?
After the death of the "world's oldest mom," NPR's The Takeaway asks Times blogger Lisa Belkin and 56-year-old mom Karen Day "how old is too old" to have a child.
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#leftovers
Roxana Saberi Briefly Hospitalized • Big Newborn Almost Kills British Mom
• Roxana Saberi, the American journalist being held on charges of espionage in Iran, was hospitalized. Her ill health is the result of a hunger fast, which she intensified by refusing to drink water. • More » -
#fertilityonice
Egg Freezing: A Good Backup, Or "Harmful To Feminism"?
Rachel Lehmann-Haupt writes in this week's Newsweek of her decision to freeze her eggs — and of critics who say the practice is bad for women. More » -
#itheedread
Male Newspaper Columnist Knows When Women Should Marry
According to Mark Regnerus at the WaPo, young women are delaying marriage because they think getting hitched is lame. Little do they know that early marriage is their only ticket out of shriveled, infertile loneliness!
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#doinit
Scientists Agree: The More Orgasms The Better
If you're trying to conceive, hot sex is the way to go. Five more minutes of activity for men produced 25 million more swimmers, and multiple orgasms for women increases the chance of conception. [Guardian] -
#babybump
The U.S. Baby Boom: Blame Bristol! Or Maybe Angelina
Abortion rates are at their lowest in decades, while the birth rate is up. Way up: In 2007 more babies were born in the U.S. than ever before, topping even the boom of the 50s. More » -
#8isenough
More Criticism Of Nadya Suleman' Fertility Doctor; Publicist Quits
There's news today on two professionals Nadya Suleman turned to for help with her octuplets. People are railing against Dr. Michael Kamrava, her fertility doctor, and, in unrelated news, Victor Munoz, her publicist, has quit. More » -
#8isenough
Georgia Pols Propose Limits On Fertility Procedures
In an apparent reaction to the Nadya Suleman case, Georgia politicians have introduced a bill that would limit the number of embryos implanted in a woman, and prevent the freezing additional embryos. More » -
#mobabiesmoproblems
Following The Octuplets' Mommy Money Trail
Nadya Suleman is already profiting from the birth of her octuplets. In addition to a new website that requests donations and increased public assistance, there are rumors that she was paid for her NBC interview. More » -
#8isenough
Octuplets' Grandmother Adds To Criticism Of Her Daughter
Some say the public outcry against Nadya Suleman, the mother of the Bellflower octuplets, has gone too far, but even her own mother is criticizing her, releasing new details and photos of their cramped home. More » -
#weirdscience
Navel Gazing
We've always assumed our navels are just for piercing, but Aki Sinkkonen has a new theory on the belly button: he believes that they served the evolutionary purpose of signaling fertility to potential mates. More » -
#leftovers
Woman Arrested For Molestation Of Adult Male • Serena Williams Is Wealthiest Female Athlete
• A Colorado woman has been arrested for assaulting a male friend. After the man woke up with her hands "in [his] ass," she said, "what did I do... kill somebody?" • More » -
#wombraiders
Advertisers & "Advisers" Focus On Fertile Territory
Two new ad campaigns aim to educate younger women about infertility: although one gives women the facts on fertility and the other makes false claims, both, one could argue, use fear as a major motivation. More »
