British women may soon be taking their fertility into their own hands. A small handheld device that measures tiny changes in body temperature has been found to have the same pregnancy success rate as the much more costly IVF for couples with common infertility issues. The Cambridge scientists behind DuoFertility ($777), claim that the device has a 99.7 percent accuracy rate for detecting fertile Read more

Where do babies come from isn't a simple conversation anymore. It's not always about a mom and a dad or a man and a woman since conception happens everywhere — in bedrooms, in hospitals, and laboratories. In some situations there's a doctor, a donor, a surrogate, or even an attorney involved. The birds and the bees have become a bit more complicated, but the sex talk still happens, and Read more

When the US's first test-tube baby was born in 1981, baby-making was forever changed. Women who suffered from years of unsuccessful attempts at pregnancy were finally given an ounce of hope. Today, the procedure is so common that 38 percent of LilSugar readers assume IVF was involved when they hear about a multiple pregnancy. Twenty-eight years after the first successful IVF transfer, success Read more

Pregnancy doesn't come easily for many couples, and new studies show that those conceived through artificial means may not have it too easy once they are born. According to researchers, assisted reproductive technologies, such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) and IntraCytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI), may affect several genes, such as those tied to obesity and diabetes. At the American Read more

Just like the story line behind last Summer's tearjerker, My Sister's Keeper, a BBC documentary that aired last night is raising ethical questions across the UK as it follows two families' attempts to conceive "savior children" to provide their current kids with bone marrow transplants. The children suffer from Fanconi anemia, a rare genetic disease that prevents the body from producing blood, Read more