By Brandy Black All my days have become the same, at 5:00, my routine begins, I walk to the stereo and slip in a prepared disk that I listen to every night at this time. I open the refrigerator with a glimmer of hope for what I might get out of the pain I am […]
As of now, by state law in Hawaii, married heterosexual couples can get financial help for in vitro fertilization (IVF). Due to the way that the law is worded, the law excludes LGBT couples and single individuals from gaining equal access to this funding. But that could soon change. LGBT couples in Hawaii are currently […]
Mel Holman has been a surrogate mother twice. She recently posted a photo on Facebook with the second child she gave birth to as a surrogate. She wrote, “A few weeks ago I gave birth to a baby boy. This is me holding him. He was perfect- a screaming newborn mess, lifted off my stomach […]
By Brandy Black Twins. The thought of having twins terrifies many, and my wife and I were terrified (an understatement) too. As soon as we heard that we were having twins — especially after being told that we only had a 40% chance of getting pregnant with our last two embryos — we were shocked and […]
By Brandy Black Creating a family isn’t easy for every couple or single parent by choice. For Susan and I, it was a long three years of disappointment after disappointment. But there was a beautiful light at the end of it all — three lights, in fact. We shared with you the first part of […]
In vitro fertilization or IVF is not a cheap procedure, and for some, it takes multiple IVF rounds to work. Enter: the new IVF calculator that may predict your chances of having a baby. Couples most often have to wait until after their first cycle of IVF to find out their chances of having a […]
For those that have undergone IUI, you know the process — placing sperm inside a woman’s uterus in hopes of fertilization. It’s usually done at a doctor’s office, and many couples go through multiple rounds of this in hopes of getting pregnant. But what if you didn’t have to go to the doctor for your […]
Originally published on The Seattle Lesbian Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) applauded her provision being signed into law this week that allows the Veterans Administration (VA) to cover the costs of assisted reproductive technology, of which IVF is the most common, for veterans who suffered service-connected injuries. After more than a decade of war, widespread use […]
Gay dads Justin Ruehs and Adam Smeets of Chicago became fathers for the first time this summer — to triplets, no less! The two fathers chose surrogacy to create their family and in a stunning twist of fate, they both became biological fathers. Embryos with DNA from both dads were implanted into the surrogate and […]
John Zhang of the New Hope Fertility Center of New York recently led a three-parent technique that resulted in the world’s first child born with two bio moms and one dad. A Jordanian couple in Mexico sought out Zhang’s help because the mother has genes for Leigh syndrome – a fatal disorder that attacks the […]
