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Dear Abby: I'm afraid my pregnancy will offend my closest friends
Dear Abby weighs in on a woman who has struggled with infertility and a neighbor who won't put his trash in the correct space.
Global sperm count may not be declining as rapidly as scientists thought: new research
Don't count men out just yet.
Kourtney Kardashian went through '5 failed IVF cycles and 3 retrievals' before getting pregnant with Rocky
The Lemme creator and Travis Barker welcomed their first child together in November 2023.
Microplastics found in testicles and blood clots, sparking more health concerns: studies
Life is plastic — not fantastic.
Adrienne Bailon-Houghton opens up about motherhood and fertility struggle
Adrienne Bailon-Houghton just celebrated her second Mother’s Day with her son Ever James and spoke exclusively to Astra about how motherhood has changed her. Adrienne also opened up about her...
How Adrienne Bailon stayed hopeful during 'really hard' fertility journey: I was delusional
The "completely clueless" actress recently revealed she spent "easily over a million" on fertility treatments before son Ever's birth via surrogate.
Survey reveals knowledge gap in fertility issues among women
A recent survey of 2,000 American women aged 18 to 40 showed that 70% of respondents who have not faced fertility issues before, said they have never had a conversation...
Padma Lakshmi recalls painful endometriosis battle: 'I was really forlorn'
"I've had five different procedures. And I was very lucky to have my daughter — she was basically a miracle."
IVF ruined my life — I sold my home and spent $165K on 6 rounds of mishaps and miscarriages
"It feels like the death of a dream," said Katie Abdou, 37, who feels doctors gave her false hope. "IVF has ruined my life."
'Selling Sunset' star Mary Fitzgerald undergoing uterine surgery after septic miscarriage
"It’s gonna [sic] be an interesting process," she said of her fertility journey. "It’s not going to be as easy as we thought it would."
Dear Abby: My dad just had twins with his third wife — his kids are younger than mine
Dear Abby weighs in on millennial's issue with her father's second family and a family's complex relationship with alcohol.
Kristen Stewart says she and fiancée Dylan Meyer froze their eggs
The "Twilight" star, 33, told Rolling Stone earlier this month that she and Meyer have discussed the possibility of carrying each other’s embryos.
'Ozempic babies' surprising women as weight loss drug found to lower efficacy of birth control pills
This is a side effect they weren't expecting.
Same-sex parents could conceive children with shared DNA using skin cells: fertility study
A remarkable new study has shown scientists that a solution is on the horizon for some infertile and same-sex couples who hope to be parents.
I'm a serial egg donor — the process is intense, but I love helping others start families
Alex Webster, 31, hatched a plan after discovering in 2016 that her friend needed donor eggs to conceive.
Trump says he ‘strongly’ supports IVF, calls on Alabama lawmakers to ‘find an immediate solution’ for keeping treatment option available
Former President Donald Trump said he supports in vitro fertilization treatment after Alabama’s highest court ordered hospitals to stop offering the procedure.
Second Alabama IVF provider pauses its program after court ruling on frozen embryos
Alabama Fertility Services said in a statement Thursday that has “made the impossibly difficult decision to hold new IVF treatments due to the legal risk to our clinic and our...
Scientists grew a pair of testicles in a lab — and they offer new hope for male infertility
The aim is to grow testes organoids to help boys with cancer who may not be able to produce functional sperm.
'Everywhere chemicals' in plastic food containers and more linked to preterm births, doctors warn
A new study backed by the National Institutes of Health has shown that phthalates, found in everyday products from food containers to shampoo, may be behind the rise in preterm...
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome may be at higher risk for suicide: study
"This suggests the importance of routine monitoring of mental health and suicide risk in persons diagnosed with PCOS," the study authors wrote.