Married Couple Carries Same Baby in Landmark Fertility Treatment
Two Texas mothers have carried the same child in what might very well be a fertility first.
New Study Says Women Are Freezing Their Eggs Because Men Are Unstable
The popular wisdom is that a growing number of women are freezing their eggs because they are canny careerists who want…
China Will Reportedly Do Away with Birth Limits and Implement New 'Independent Fertility' Policy
Three years after loosening its one-child policy, China is planning on doing away with all limits on how many children…
New Fitbit Feature Lets You Track Your Period With Cutesy, Pink Blood Icons
Fitbit has launched it’s new “female health tracking” feature, which allows users to log their menstrual cycles.…
Contraceptive App Hit With Complaints After Allegedly Causing 37 Unwanted Pregnancies
The contraceptive app Natural Cycles, which tracks your fertility cycle and tells you what days you don’t need…
The Doctor Who Oversaw the Creation of 3-Parent Baby Explains the IVF 'Breakthrough'
Dr. John Zhang of Manhattan’s New Hope Fertility Center has long performed miracles for fertility-challenged couples.…
After a 70-Year-Old Woman Gives Birth, Doctors Question Ethics of IVF Treatments on Older Women
Last month, Daljinder Kaur, a woman in her 70s, gave birth to a healthy baby boy. Kaur underwent two years of IVF…
Sperm Banks and Fertility Clinics Taking Steps to Keep the Zika Virus Out of Their Supply
As the Zika virus continues to scare the shit out of everyone, fertility clinics and sperm banks are trying to adopt…
Report: Celebrities Aren't the Only Women Having Kids Over 40
An increasing number of women are having children over 40, according to a CDC report; a second report shows that the…
Is Freezing Your Eggs All It's Cracked Up to Be?
Despite the preponderance of think-pieces on the subject, few children are actually materializing through the egg…
There's a Parasitic Worm in Bolivia That's Making Women Have More Children
A new parasite-centric discovery could lead to an advance in fertility medicine. The BBC reports that researchers have…
Turns Out Ovarian Reserve Testing Isn't Totally Reliable
Every Lean In Group in America has at one point discussed the possibility of freezing one’s own eggs. Since women are…
America Is Having More Babies for the First Time Since the Recession
America’s been having fewer babies since around the time of the recession, probably because suddenly everyone’s money…
Famous Roman Painting of Priapus May Include Painful Penis Condition
Uh-oh, it looks like not even gods of sex and virility can avoid problems in their dick game. New research speculates…
Now Available: Genetically-Modified Human Embryos
Rejoice—and perhaps strap on your finest pair of “head for the hills” shoes—for scientists in China have finally…
This Infertility Treatment Sounds Like the Future. Or a Horror Movie
What if you were a woman who was having trouble getting pregnant and your doctor told you there was a way he could…
Woman Cuts off Husband's Penis Twice, Then Throws It Out a Window
This right here is commitment: Feng Lung has been arrested for causing grievous bodily harm to her husband (and…
Facebook and Apple Will Pay for Female Employees to Freeze Their Eggs
Facebook and Apple have taken a pretty big step in supporting their female employees and attracting more of them: both…
Canadian Fertility Clinic Refuses White Patient a Non-White Donor
The Regional Fertility Program in Calgary, Alberta, is making news after denying a white woman a non-Caucasian sperm…
Hot New Having It All Tip: Just Be Rich Enough to Freeze Your Eggs!
This cover of this week's Bloomberg Businessweek features a confident-looking white woman in her thirties and the…