Denmark, the land of medically assisted reproduction for all women.

Two years ago, France extended the right to medically assisted reproduction to all, including single women and lesbian couples. But long waiting times are pushing French women to travel to Denmark.

StorkKlinik, a fertility clinic in Copenhagen, attracts thousands of candidates from all across Europe.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/europe/article/2023/09/09/denmark-the-land-of-medically-assisted-reproduction-for-all-women_6130651_143.html

#Europe #Denmark #France #AssistedReproduction #Women #Fertility #IVF

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"In 2020, a nurse secretly replaced vials of an opioid used to reduce pain during egg retrievals with saline solution. That meant the women felt the procedure, some describing excruciating agony while the clinic downplayed or ignored them."

#IVF #WomensHealth #Gaslighting #MedicalMalpractice

https://is.gd/1IojeG

@Hoss How natural are these pregnancies if they require #IVF?

Men and women are not a sum of disposable parts, the far left wackiness has scientists attempting Right To Repair for humans like we're modular machines.

Ode to Donor Gametes
- by Robin Silbergleid

https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/725667830598713344/ode-to-donor-gametes?source=share

#poetry #child #fertility #hope
#heriatge #yearning #biology #RobinSilbergleid #IVF

I am so proud of my wife. Even though some rather horrible people tried forcing the uni to kill her PhD, she has finished.

She is PhDONE. Her PhD is published in the University of Sydney library: https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/31536

If you're into #science and #ivf, she's been working on this for a decade. And she's the first Dr. Stark in this family.

Immensely proud of her. She is amazeballs. 🥳

Why women are freezing their eggs:

"It is the age of the ovary from which the egg is taken, rather than the womb that nurtures the embryo, which matters. That is why an increasing number of women in their late 20s and early 30s are having some of their eggs frozen. Should they need IVF in the future, perhaps because they have delayed trying for children, younger eggs will give them a better chance of success."

#TheEconomist #IVF

https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2023/07/17/in-vitro-fertilisation-is-struggling-to-keep-up-with-demand

On the IVF process:

"Women go through a hormonally heightened menstrual cycle that sees their ovaries produce several mature eggs, rather than a singleton. Those eggs are collected with needles & either fertilised with sperm from a partner or donor, or frozen for later use. Any fertilised eggs will hopefully divide to form embryos; one or more are then transferred into the woman’s womb or, again, frozen. It remains painful, draining and intrusive."

#TheEconomist #IVF

https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2023/07/17/in-vitro-fertilisation-is-struggling-to-keep-up-with-demand

Even today we have almost no idea how human conception occurs!

"Little is known about how a woman’s stock of eggs is set before she is even born; or why they fade in number & quality until menopause [...]. How an embryo buries into the womb and connects to the blood supply are also mysterious. Male factors play at least some role in roughly half of heterosexual infertile couples—though how is often unclear."

#TheEconomist #IVF

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/07/20/making-babymaking-better

The success and pains of IVF for women around the world.

"12 million people have been conceived through IVF. An IVF baby is born every 45 seconds."

"770,000 IVF babies born in 2018 required 3m cycles. In America and Britain roughly half go home without a baby in their arms, even after several years and as many as 8 cycles of treatment."

#TheEconomist #IVF

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/07/20/making-babymaking-better

If they're going to refuse fertility treatment to those who are overweight, what about smokers and vapers? Will they have to test negative for nicotine in the previous six months? #StateFunded #IVF

@AnSafiak Let’s pretend we are offering #IVF , but we really don’t want to spend the money on it. It’s a wonder they didn’t add mixed race or exclude some religions to their list…..

New public founding #IVF criteria.
●Only for these who have no kids
●No same sex couples
● Not for people who already have embryos but can't afford to transfer
●No couples who need donor eggs or sperm
●No single women
Should I continue?
They could have simply said: only for young, pretty couples. Married in the church.

the rest of #IVF may be super tiring (mentally, physically) but the one thing i don’t think i’ll get tired of is the bit when they do the egg transfer and I get to see the lil pew 💥 pew 💥 of them shooting the blastocyst(s) into my uterus on the ultrasound screen

Discrimination in 2023 should not take a high court case to overcome. Congratulations to Megan and Whitney in their fight for equality.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/nhs-fertility-rules-lesbian-couple-victory-b2380353.html

#LGBTQ
#Fertility
#IVF
#Lesbian
#Equality

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Original toot date: 06 February, 2023

'Black-market' sperm is a result of expensive #fertility treatments, #donor shortages & (particularly) in VIC; tight restrictions on donor #sperm. What we need it better access and much better funding for #reproductive services.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/06/i-had-two-babies-born-last-week-the-unregulated-world-of-australias-online-sperm-donors?CMP=share_btn_tw

#IVF #parenthood #family

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Women Who Use ART Later Experience Natural Conception:
A full 20% of women who required so-called assisted reproductive technology, either IVF or ICSI, later become pregnant naturally. #ivf #ics #assistedreproduction #naturalconception
https://youtu.be/cDNvQvuv-O0