Last week the web went up in flames when a woman, by the name of Angie Jackson, began live-tweeting her medical abortion. Jackson discovered she was pregnant the week prior, following the failure of her method of birth control. A single mom with a little boy, Jackson claims that she was was told th[...]
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February 10th, 2010 - 8:00 AM § in Fertility and Babbys, News
Research Reveals Possible Male Contraceptive
A recent study by scientists from University of California, San Francisco, have identified a mechanism that prompts sperm to start swimming toward an egg. Appropriately targeted, this mechanism could assist in developing new methods of male contraception. So, basically, sperm are basically balloons[...]
February 3rd, 2010 - 3:38 PM § in Fertility and Babbys, News
Giving Birth in California Is DANGEROUS
The mortality rate of California women who die from causes directly related to pregnancy has nearly tripled in the past decade and the state Department of Public Health has for the past seven months declined to release a report outlining the trend. The investigative journalist group California Wat[...]
January 9th, 2010 - 8:00 AM § in Fertility and Babbys, News
Reversing Vasectomies–There’s A Bot For That
Urologists at the University of Florida are using robots to reverse vasectomies, effectively shaving off 20 minutes of surgery time from the procedure. Not only does this spare surgeons’ backs, as they have to be bent over a patient operating with high-power microscopes, but it appears that th[...]
January 7th, 2010 - 7:21 PM § in Fertility and Babbys, Vitals
Pregnancy And The Flu
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is holding a webinar and conference call on how the flu affects pregnancy this Wednesday, January 13, from 5:00 to 6:30PM PST. Speakers include Dr. Sonja Rasmussen, a board-certified pediatrician and senior scientist in the CDC Division of Birth D[...]
December 26th, 2009 - 8:00 AM § in Fertility and Babbys, News
Tasmania Faces Sperm Bankruptcy
LOL. Sorry about the title. We know this isn’t funny. But come on–it was too easy. OK, so here’s the deal: there’s a sperm drought in Tasmania. They’re down to four viable sperm donors and for the first time in its 35-year history, women looking for donors are having to[...]
December 24th, 2009 - 8:00 AM § in Fertility and Babbys, News
Diabetes’ Lesser Known Problem: Retrograde Ejaculation
Retrograde ejaculation happens when sperm, instead of being released from the body, go back down the urethra and into the bladder. The condition is a result of nerves in the area becoming damaged, and though it doesn’t affect a man’s ability to experience orgasm, retrograde ejaculation c[...]
Sperm Need A Pick-Me-Up? Try Coffee
Caffeine does more than wake you up–it wakes up your sperm. That’s right. A group of Brazilian scientists has found that men who drink coffee have sperm that moves better than the sperm of those who turn down the cuppa joe. Lead researcher, Fabio Pasqualotto, said: “Sperm motilit[...]
December 21st, 2009 - 7:00 AM § in Fertility and Babbys, News
Reckless Sperm Donor Turns Advocate
Kirk Maxey, a 51-year-old Michigan man, estimates that he has sired some 400 children. Considered one of the most prolific donors in the country, Maxey donated sperm twice a week at a Michigan clinic between 1980 and 1994. He got into it at the incentive of his first wife, a nurse working with infe[...]
Cell Phones Might Break Your Sperm!
Not only are Bluetooth headsets the ultimate sign of douchebaggery, keeping your phone in talk mode in your pocket while you use your hands’ free device may screw up your sperm, too. Awesome, now you’re doubly less of a man. “We found increased oxidative stress and a decrease in sper[...]