Natural medication or things to do to increase sperm count.?

I had one failed IVF and nd one with miscarriage at 13 weeks. According to the my hubby’s sperm is low count and low motility. is there anything anyone tried worked to increase the sperm count. I am tired off all the money spend on IVF and emotional pain. I wanted to see if this can happen to us naturally.
foxy lady both of mine were IVF. The doctor have said low count for us to conceive naturally.
I wish you all the best…..

Advise on low counts and IVF?

My husband has low counts he is 35 and am 33. I am deducted for high fsh. Is there any chance for natural conception or that IVF is the only possible way. Please Advise am so confused.

Are there any “natural” things to stimulate ovulation without using prescription drugs?

I am trying to find something to stimulate ovulation without using prescription drugs such as clomid. I lost a baby a year ago after years of trying and really want to get pregant again. I don’t have the finances to do IVF or anything of that sort, so I need something I can get at maybe a heath food store or similar. Any help would be great

If you had multiples was it natural, because of fertility meds, or other fertility procedures?

Just curious for those who have had multiples or are pregnant with multiples…. was it natural, because of a fertility med (which one), or a different fertility procedure (like IUI or IVF or other)? I’m starting Femara soon and hope to be seeing that BFP in about a month!! Thank you for answering!! Take care!

Does the stretch mark cream mederma really work?

I just want to know if it works and how well it works. I do not want to know about any other stretch mark cream product and pleasee DO NOT post this:

There are creams out there that can help get rid of your stretch marks, but you need to find the right one.

I found this on the site I put in the source box below:

Things to look for in a stretch mark cream

There are a lot of creams and ointments out there that claim to remove stretch marks. The best way to fight stretch marks is to increase your skins flexibility before your stretch marks start appearing by using a topical cream on the area before the skin starts to show stretch marks. If you already have stretch marks, hope is not lost. There are creams out there that contain ingredients that help heal the skin while minimizing scar tissue.

Some of the key ingredients that you will want to make sure your cream contains are:

Vitamin A Palmitate

Vitamin A is an essential vitamin and is best known for having positive effects on vision. However Vitamin A is just as important to the largest organ; the skin.

Clinical studies have shown vitamin A to have properties that block the absorption of harmful UVA and UVB rays, as well as a stimulating effect on cell regeneration. It has been clinically shown to improve the appearance of striae (stretch marks) and regulate epidermal (skin) cell growth.

Aloe Vera Extract

Aloe vera has been shown in clinical studies to have a positive effect on wound healing and holds anti-inflammatory properties.

As stretch marks start out as microscopic tears in skin layers due to overstretching of the dermis, aloe vera helps heal these small wounds without causing scar tissue to form, effectively preventing the appearance of stretch marks. Aloe vera has been used for thousands of years by the Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, Arabs, Indians and Chinese to decrease the appearance of scars and to moisturize and heal skin.

This extract from the aloe leaf protects skin from environmental factors and promotes skin regeneration.

Grapefruit Seed Extract

Grapefruit seed extract is a natural antibiotic used for many different types of skin ailments. It is a powerful ingredient to aid in the healing of skin damage. Grapefruit seed extract helps to restore damaged collagen and elastin, which strengthens and retextures the skin.

As collagen and elastin are responsible for the skins elasticity, improving and stimulating production of the connective tissue cells will prevent skin from tearing and thus prevent the formation of stretch marks. The condition of the skins connective tissue also dictates how well the skin contracts after pregnancy. So not only does this compound improve the condition of your stretching skin, after the delivery it will also aid in the contraction of your skin to its previous appearance.

DL-Penthenol

DL-Penthenol is the scientific name for pro-vitamin B5. It has healing properties on damaged skin as it works to improve the structure of both the lower and upper skin layers. DL-Panthenol soothes skin while stimulating cell growth and differentiation.

This ingredient aids in the regeneration of the skin, therefore aiding in reducing the appearance of existing stretch marks by replacing the scar tissue with new skin cells. It also acts to prevent stretch marks by promoting collagen and elastin production, which allows your skin to stretch without rupturing and causing stretch marks.

A cream that has shown to be highly effective at preventing stretch marks as well as healing stretch marks that you already have is Stretch Mark Prevention by Revitol.

Whether you are afraid that stretch marks may be in your future of if they are already a part of your life, the Stretch Mark Prevention cream is the product you will want on your side!

….. Thanks
I have had stretch marks since the 7th grade….
They re all around my thighs and they are driving my crazy… :/

Is it normal to not have coped with my herpes diagnosis after a yr?

I was diagnosed with this disease in september 2008 and found out that my pregnancy triggered my first and only outbreak.

I had twins in May and I feel even worse about it. I’m scared to kiss my babies. I’m scrubbing, disinfecting, sanitizing all day long. Then, having a daughter I feel that I’m not strong enough as a woman because I did not protect myself so how can I teach her?

The only way I could have contracted HSV-2 was through my 14 year old boyfriend when I was 16 or my current Fiance who I have been with for the past three years since I broke up with the 14 yr old. I believe strongly my Fiance is the one who gave it to me but he never had an outbreak until after I had mine. During a fight, he told me that the woman he stepped out of our relationship with didn’t have it so he blamed me for giving it to him.

How could he accuse me when we had been intimate for years and neither of us had an outbreak? Is it still possible that the woman he was with DID give it to him but it is still undetected in her?

If I did GIVE him herpes, wouldn’t SHE have it?

The whole situation is confusing and lets just say not a day goes by that I don’t think about it. I still cry every time I take a shower especially since I am terrified of infecting my babies. I couldn’t even experience a natural delivery because I didn’t want to risk passing this on to my babies.

I hate that I don’t know how in the hell I got this.

Anyone else not coping well or have any advice how to cope?

Anyone have children or any advice on prevention?

How do you regain interest in intimacy? I really hate having sex because of this. I trust my partner NOW but I lack confidence and I’m scared of everything else now STD related.

Help??? Thoughts??

Sorry it’s so long

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Is it normal to not have coped with my herpes diagnosis after a yr?
I was diagnosed with this disease in september 2008 and found out that my pregnancy triggered my first and only outbreak.

I had twins in May and I feel even worse about it. I’m scared to kiss my babies. I’m scrubbing, disinfecting, sanitizing all day long. Then, having a daughter I feel that I’m not strong enough as a woman because I did not protect myself so how can I teach her?

The only way I could have contracted HSV-2 was through my 14 year old boyfriend when I was 16 or my current Fiance who I have been with for the past three years since I broke up with the 14 yr old. I believe strongly my Fiance is the one who gave it to me but he never had an outbreak until after I had mine. During a fight, he told me that the woman he stepped out of our relationship with didn’t have it so he blamed me for giving it to him.

How could he accuse me when we had been intimate for years and neither of us had an outbreak? Is it still possible that the woman he was with DID give it to him but it is still undetected in her?

If I did GIVE him herpes, wouldn’t SHE have it?

The whole situation is confusing and lets just say not a day goes by that I don’t think about it. I still cry every time I take a shower especially since I am terrified of infecting my babies. I couldn’t even experience a natural delivery because I didn’t want to risk passing this on to my babies.

I hate that I don’t know how in the hell I got this.

Anyone else not coping well or have any advice how to cope?

Anyone have children or any advice on prevention?

How do you regain interest in intimacy? I really hate having sex because of this. I trust my partner NOW but I lack confidence and I’m scared of everything else now STD related.

Help??? Thoughts??

Sorry it’s so long

Natural methods to increase fertility?

i’m looking for some herbal/natural methods to increase fertility for my partner and myself. Also natural miscarriage preventions would be great. Do these natural fertility methods increase chances of multiple pregnancy? Are they safe? And do they actually work?

Second pregnancy fears?

I am currently 32 weeks pregnant with my second child. My first is 2 years old. Apart from being constantly tired and feeling fed up with being pregnant I am finding that I am really anxious about childbirth. In my first pregnancy I never worried about childbirth at all. Its not pain I am worried about but I keep thinking what if something goes wrong this time? what if something happens to me? I think its because I already have a child to take care of, whereas in my first pregnancy there was just me. My first labour went really smoothly, just 10 mins of pushing, so it doesn’t make sense that this time I feel scared. I am also scared of having a general anesthetic should it be necessary. In fact I am that anxious I am considering having a c-section with epidural instead of a natural birth!!! Has anyone else felt like this during a second pregnancy and is it normal? Am I stupid to feel like this? I just want to try and enjoy the rest of the pregnancy. Thanks

Do any new mothers miss the way they looked before pregnancy?

I have a wonderful 11 week old daughter who is my angel.

Im ashamed to say that lately Ive been concentrating on missing my pre-pregnancy body/face, it was so much better in so many ways. I felt grossly unattractive throughout my pregnancy, put on 48lbs. Now I have b**bs down to my stomach and a stomach down to my knees. Ive also got tree trunk legs, leathery skin and dark circles aroubd my eyes, the list goes on. I look 10 years older.

Im dieting and trying to exercise but cannot help but miss the old me.

Do you judge me to be selfish? Or are these feelings natural? I wouldnt change things for the world as Im blessed with such a beautiful daughter but I feel so low when I think about it.

PS. My Husband tells me Im gorgeous but I know what I see.

Pregnancy back pain- sciatica? Help!!!?

I am having KILLER backpains the past week.
I am 23 weeks pregnant, with a retroverted uterus (my uterus is tilted towards my spine instead of outwards).
What the pai feels like is a pinched nerve in my lower back, only on the left side. Sometimes my whole leg goes numb. It flares up more and more with each passing day. Usually happens when I bend or twist my torso, which is REALLY hard to avoid doing (I have a 5 year old son, a dog, etc). It feels like a pinching, twingey pain that shoots up my back and down my legs. Pain is almost in my left bum cheek, if that makes sense. I have an appointment with a chiropractor in 4 days, thank goodness. My dr prescribed me some painkillers and anti inflammatories until then, but I want something natural and easy to stop the pain… It’s almost like I have to shuffle my feet because when I lift my left leg its excruciating pain… do you know exercises that would help me? I do pregnancy yoga most days but havent been able to because of the pain

Does anyone own an old-style siamese? Or believe in all-natural pet care?

I really like to plan ahead-this won’t be for at least a couple years, but I plan on getting two kittens when we live in a bigger place. I want to get the healthiest, longest lived ones possible with the lowest risk of FIP (I also have two healthy 16 year old god-knows-what cats) and all research points to old-style (i.e. applehead) lynx point siamese. From what I understand the old style are much healthier than wedge-heads and lynx points are even better because they also have mongrel-cat blood. They also have a pretty low risk of FIP. Please tell me about your experiance, and feel free to reccomend breeders. I am really into pet health-I do all organic and grain-free whenever possible and may consider raw for the new kitties, but my older ones can’t handle it (I tried) I also keep cats inside and go vaccine-free for all my indoor pets after initial baby shots. I won’t declaw (my current ones are spayed/declawed but I was three and didn’t get a vote) I also own an intact female 8 lb chihuahua/pomeranian mix and a spayed 7 year old ferret. I don’t believe in spaying unless specifically medically indicated because they hurt my Tigger’s throat when she was spayed and I’ve done research indicating the risks of spaying are greater than going intact, providing you’re responsible enough to prevent pregnancy. Sorry to make this so long, but just being specific in case there are special vaccine considerations or dietary specifications with Siamese, or in case Siamese should be spayed for some reason. Thanks
they will both be female and our reasons for wanting them are that we have seen how good kittens can be for older cats, and our puppy seems to need a friend too, but Tigger and Tabitha aren’t interested and we can’t really handle more than one dog. She loves cats though. Of course we have more than enough love to go around as well

Does anybody have any natural remedies or tips on falling pregnant?

I have been trying for 5 years now with my husband, and we have both been tested for any problems why we couldn’t fall pregnant – and nothing has shown up.
We really only want to use IVF as a last resort.
Does anybody have any tips or stories that they can share with me.
Thanks in advance..
Sorry – I probably should have added that I am ovulating, and my husband does not have any problems with his sperm count.

What would be the chances of a natural conception with a sperm count of 9 mill per ml?

and only 45% motility?

I’m guessing they’d be little more than zero and we’ve been told we’d need IVF with ICSI but we have no way of raising the £6,000 necessary for this.

Is there any point trying to do it naturally or do we just give up on ttc at this point?

My tubes are blocked at both ends, is there anything natural to take to help?

Had surgery and probably made the scarring worse. I`m blocked with scar tissue and only option i was told is IVF. Well I can`t afford this. And “clearpassage” is not affordable either. I know there is something else out there. I already have a child from previous marriage, so i know it`s possible.

i wanted to know about the compositioin of the culture media for IVF?

i want to know the nature of culture media in which doctors are placing the fertilized egg before transfering it in to mother womb.
either its origin is synthetic or natural.?????
if natural then it is derived from animals or plants????
pleae help me to get specifically clear answer.

thanks.

What mammal has the shortest natural pregnancy?

How common it is to find E-Coli in semen? How can it be eradicated? Can it hinder natural pregnancy?

Happy New Year, I have a question about natural progesterone and pregnancy?

Okay my first m/c happenened in July and because I had low progesterone. I went and bought natural progesterone cream today and i want to see if it will enhance my progesterone production. My hubby and I do want to try to have a baby again. I just ovulated yesterday, so when I rub it in what happens? Do I use unitil my period starts or what? When should I stop taking it?? THanks guys.

Natural treatment of thrush in pregnancy; anyone tried yoghurt?

I’ve had thrush for about 5 weeks, with varying severity of symptoms because I’ve been using clotrimazole (canasten) and even tried the pessary. The pessary stopped symptoms fully for about a week, but now its back.

Has anyone tried using natural, unsweetened yoghurt internally, as a treatment for thrush in pregnancy? And did it work?

I have a male and female puppy and do not want to breed, but would like to avoid neuter or spay.?

We received two mixed breed puppies, a brother and sister, from an accidental pregnancy of a neighborhood dog. They are currently 9 weeks old. We do not want to breed them. We have had many dogs (these two new additions make 4, although I hate to say that our collie(13) may not be around for much longer). We have only owned females and do not know much about how to prevent mating, outside of neuter or spay. I would like to know if there are more natural ways to prevent the breeding, such as separating the dogs when the the female is in heat as I believe this is the most likely time it can happen. It is not that I am 100% against a procedure, I would just like to know all options. Also, at what age do I need to start worrying about them mating?
Thanks for all the input, it is clear that they are going to need to be fixed as all the other options are not realistic. Thanks for all the help and for most people not taking a condescending attitude and giving out a lecture.

-If I had all the answers, I wouldn’t ask the questions.

Very sad! Can’t ttc anymore, for a while.?

🙁
As title says I have to put ttc on hold.

My daughter is 19mths old (almost) and apart from my miscarriage I haven’t successfully got pregs and have now to go back to work. Therefore I can’t risk going back and getting pregs soon after!

I am very sad as I wanted another child closer in age to D but it (perhaps) means she will be around 3yrs old when I can have another.
My sister (whos kids are 3yrs in age apart) says this can be a good thing. What do you think?

Also I am not sure about contraception. I have got used to letting my body be natural and don’t want to go back on the pill (hate condoms) so am wondering if I can risk avoiding pregnancy through avoiding my fertile days as opposed to bedding around them! After all, I don’t seem to be a person who gets pregnant easy! It took 16mths to concieve my daughter!!!
Any opinions or words of comfort welcome.

the standard for a 20 something lady?

I am 22 years old and to the shock of most:

1) I don’t look my age cause I rarely wear makeup
2) don’t were the lastest styles and don’t go crazy over the last thing
3) have only 3 purses ( even that seem like a lot to me)
4) still getting rid of shoes cause I think I should only have 3 to 5 shoes per season.
I walk out the house after just running a comb through my hair *gasp, how could i*which irritates my aunts who all say I have pretty hair why don’t I get it done more when they know I hate sitting in the salon listening to the female gossip and watching the stories *that’s like a punishment for me*. Don’t buy makeup cause I love my natural color and all the deep shades make me look lighter than what I am *ugh*.
I actually prefer to go my church during the week when I am not in school or can’t find a job and volunteer there (help keeping the big building clean) instead of going to a club and drinking and smoking and this was before I gotten pregnant so to them I really let myself go. How can I let them know that I am not trying to attract some guy (yes pregnant and single by a a lying douche bag who thought he could trap me with a pregnancy because he considered me to be a perfect wife for his barely making it self who couldn’t take a girl on a real date or get her anything he said he would or just keep his word and he was older supposed to be mature )
Everytime I do get dolled up (look the way people think I should with hair, makeup, purse and all the shit for a *dime piece* look) some fucking old ass man (60+ who looks like he is married) keeps approaching me like I want to be bother or like I want sex. And the dudes keep staring like that’s something they never seen when I feel like I look like every other girl.
Damn, I am completely happy when I walk out in a pair of a jeans, a simple shirt, no makeup, stuff I need in my pockets, no jewelry, and a plain pair of non designer sneakers hoping to not be approached, so why are they whining?
Do I need to get the work every 1 to 2 weeks when I only get my hair done once a month by a professional?
I am completely happy being plain and not drawing attention on the streets, is it a crime,lol.
Thank you for reading and sorry for it being long.
Oh I am using my phone to do this so I was placed in this section. Before I got pregnant, I wore that stuff and was I size 10-12, 5’6″ weighing at 150 lbs a 38 B and happy (when everyone around suffers from a Large C and Triple Ds). Now I am like a 40 C *damn it* and weigh like 175 and still they like you need to be all dolled up at 31 weeks when I have no patiences to do so.

Should I take a ttc break, or just keep plugging on?

I am 34 years old. Two years ago, I found out I was pregnant (surprise)to have a loss at 12 weeks in May 2007. After waiting a few months, we ttc (with charting in August 2007) for 13 cycles and had 1-2 chemical pregnancies. Got checked and found out I had a bad tube that was washing away embryos Sept 2008 (abstained Sept, Oct, Nov and had surgery Nov 2008 to remove the tube). Immediately after the surgery I got pregnant in Dec to miscarry at 6 weeks Jan 2009. After one cycle, I then had another chemical pregnancy Mar 2009. This is now my 18th cycle TTC since the original loss, we abstained/missed for about 4 of those months, and had 3-4 types of pregnancies, all apparently with just one tube. Seems like when we get an egg on the right side we get pregnant, it’s just not sticking. The recurrent pregnancy loss panel came back OK, hubby’s sperm is fine, and I ovulate, I just have one tube and am getting old. Here’s the deal…… I’m supposed to start injections tonight for an IUI cycle – since my insurance covers them and they don’t have the side effects. I’m terrified to get pregnant and terrified to not get pregnant. I want to take a break, but I feel that age clock ticking away. Husband does not want to take a break, he is excited to have a family, and feels that my fears are natural, just have to beat them. The RE’s job is to get you preggo, so they are about to go full blast. Got the meds sitting on the counter, and really just want to run away. The sooner I get pregnanct, I get my life back. But also too scared to try naturally, because if I have another loss, I will wonder if close MD monitoring and hormone supplementation could have prevented it. What would you guys do? Go for it?

my wife has just had a misscarage with ivf treatment she wants to try natural and maybe with another course of

treatment in the future she is 34 and will be 35 next year i will be 36 i panic that we are to old to have kids and angry we have left it to late do you think we still have a chance

What is a natural supplement over the counter and safe to take during pregnancy to stay relaxed?

I am starting my 2nd process of IVF and this is the frozen cycle and I want to stay relaxed as possible. Just needing some ideas.

If a fertile couple undergo IVF, are they more likely to miscarry than if conception was natural?

Or is the low success rate of IVF down to the fact that the people who usually undertake it have fertility problems?

How did you get pregnant? Natural? Clomid? IUI? IVF? How long did it take you?

My husband and I have been ttc for one year and 11 months. We have our first iui tomorrow morning. I hope we get pregnant!!!

Natural Labor Induction While In Labor?

I am 37 weeks pregnant and have been in labor for 2 days, somewhat active labor with contractions 5 minutes apart and quite painful. I’ve never been a “strong” contractor and in past pregnancies I stalled out at 6 cent. and was given pitocin. This time I’m also pre-eclamptic all of a sudden with high protein in urine but blood pressure seemingly under control and they haven’t decided on induction or anything yet.

Besides various teas and sex, any ideas to speed up these contractions or dilation, I’m in great pain here and am pretty sure baby is ready just needs some help. Have been to hospital twice and sent home for ineffective contractions…

How to keep patient at the end of your pregnancy…? I’m trying for a natural labor and need suggestions..?

I don’t want to be induced, my doctor and I have worked out a plan together to keep my blood pressure down and avoid induction [she’s an angel]

I really want a natural labor, I want to go into labor on my own, and I want to have the entire experience… I’m looking for suggestions from mothers who have been there.

I have not been through child birth classes, and I’m 37 weeks pregnant.

My biggest fear right now is when I get to that miserable point in my pregnancy and they suggest induction I’ll end up caving in and going for it. I really don’t want that though. How did you fight off that uncontrollable need to have your baby in your arms..?

Discouraged with Pregnancy…..Labor/Induction?

Well I went to the doctors on Thursday for my weekly apt. I am at 40wks and nothing has changed! I am 100% effaced and still only dialated a fingertip. I have been this way for 3wks now. I wanted to go into labor on my own but because I am not progessing and if I dont go into labor by next saturday ( 4/12 ) I will be induced that day. They dont want me going past 41wks. This just makes me so fusterated. Now I am getting scared. (First Pregnancy Jitters!?!)

What’s it like to get induced? Will I be fine getting induced if I have never felt the real thing? How do they induce you? Is there anything else I can do on my own to progess myself with natural labor?

Any advice or words of encouragement or what to expect or what not to expect?

Thank You to everyone who answers and shares their experiences and advice with me. It will be greatly appreciated.

37 weeks and she wants induction as natural as possible?

I have a friend who is due 1 day before me. She will be 37 weeks tomorrow. Her midwife is wanting to induce her due to heart stress. at 38 weeks. I know of sex and walking, but how many of you tried it at 37 weeks and have it work? Her midwife wanted to induce her tomorrow, but she begged for a chance to induce herself and was given until her next appointment next week to do it, or the midwife will. My friend also just had a baby in late January, so there’s the chance she’ll have the baby a tad bit early anyways… does that at all help her chances of using sex and walking to induce? Is her cervix still weak from the last pregnancy? And would it be enough to help her with this induction? Even though we’re the same gestation, I can’t help her at all!

Surrogacy: what do you think of the court decision?

The surrogate mother has been allowed to keep the baby and this is the article

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1349487/Surrogate-mother-changed-mind-allowed-baby.html

Surrogate mother who changed her mind is allowed to keep baby

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 12:40 AM on 22nd January 2011

A surrogate mother who had a baby girl for a couple, but changed her mind about handing her over, has been allowed to keep her.

A judge made the groundbreaking decision when he ruled that the welfare of the six-month-old child, known only as T, ‘requires her to remain with her mother’.

Mr Justice Baker told a hearing in Birmingham: ‘In my judgment, there is a clear attachment between mother and daughter. To remove her from her mother’s care would cause a measure of harm. It is the mother who, I find, is better able to meet T’s needs, in particular her emotional needs.’

The judge said the risks of entering into a surrogacy agreement are ‘very considerable’.

He added: ‘In particular, the natural process of carrying and giving birth to a baby creates an attachment which may be so strong that the surrogate mother finds herself unable to give up the child.’

He said the mother met the couple, Mr and Mrs W, over the internet in 2009 and agreed informally that the mother would be inseminated by Mr W, and hand the baby over after the birth.

During the pregnancy, however, the mother, who has two older children, changed her mind, and at T’s birth refused to hand over the baby as agreed.

After Mr and Mrs W wed in 2005, they tried unsuccessfully to have a baby themselves, which led them to consider surrogacy.

It was agreed that the mother would act as a surrogate for the Ws, using Mr W’s sperm, and she became pregnant, but at some point during the pregnancy, relations between the parties deteriorated.

The child was born on July 16, and Mrs W went to the hospital, but says she was made to feel unwelcome by the mother’s friends and family members. Her husband began legal moves a week later, and another judge appointed a woman as the child’s guardian.

Mr Justice Baker said: ‘At the date of the hearing before me, T was five months old. The evidence from the guardian is that she is thriving in her mother’s care.’

The judge said he did not believe that Mr and Mrs W or the mother had told him the whole truth about a number of matters. However he had formed the clear impression that each was devoted to the child.

He was concerned about the mother’s behaviour, including that at one point she had adopted a false persona to elicit information from the Ws.

He also found she had falsified a document and lied to the court about it.

But he did not believe she had deliberately set out to deceive the Ws from the outset.

As for the Ws, the judge was concerned about their involvement with a woman known to them initially as D but more widely, including to the police and social services in Scotland, as CL.

Mrs W said she came across CL via an internet chatroom. CL told her that she was a victim of domestic violence, and Mrs W felt sympathy for her and offered her refuge. CL stayed at the Ws’ home for about a fortnight.

However the guardian had made some inquiries and there were allegations that she is a prostitute and surrogate parent.

The judge found that the Ws had misled the court about how they got in touch with CL and that Mrs W came across her via a surrogacy website.

‘It was wholly irresponsible of the Ws to invite her into their home, and the fact that they have no awareness of this risk is alarming.’

The judge also found Mrs W had told the mother that Mr W had been violent to her on one occasion, and that both Mr and Mrs W had concealed the truth about the incident to the court.

He was also concerned about their ‘startling lack of insight’ as to the child’s needs and the difficulties that might arise if she were to be moved to their care immediately at the end of the hearing, as they proposed.

The judge ordered a review hearing for next month to see how matters have progressed, and gave leave to the guardian to tell the local authority about the case. There will be ‘interim visiting contact’ between the father and the child until the hearing, to be arranged by the guardian.
@June ~ British surrogate mothers can only legally claim out of pocket expenses such as if loss of wages due to pregnancy, any medical treatment she may have to pay for. It is illegal to profit from surrogacy here so any legitimate expenses don’t have to be paid back.
@7rin ~ Thank you for posting the link

Abortion, successful men and women, who would you save?

You have been successful in Texas. (Or your own state)
You want to help other people.
You don’t like abortion, but you don’t like other innocent people to die either. Here are the facts you have to work with:
1.There will be more than 78 thousand abortions in Texas next year. You as a citizen want there to be fewer abortions, so this is an area where you might invest some time and money. You determine that from pregnancy to birth to post birth the cost to help one mother is about 10 thousand dollars to do it right. And the odds of being successful from the point of conception changes with time. Up to the first 8 weeks only 30 percent of fetuses will survive due to natural abortion. After that the chance of success is much greater with at least 70 percent success at 28 weeks and up to 90 percent thereafter. The benefit of attempting to stop the abortion is that you save a life and all that entails for every year until the child dies. The cost is that the investment is risky in that he fetus could die, it will require an investment of 10k birth expense and 10K other expense the first year and 10 k a year until the child is 18 years old. Failure to invest properly by yourself or others will lead to possible suffering.
2.There are 900 thousand years of potential lost life in Texas each year. You as a citizen don’t want people to suffer and die needlessly and you especially don’t want parents to die that have children. You do not want women that are carrying fetuses with the intention of giving birth to have their fetuses die. And you don’t want the elderly to suffer and die needlessly. The risk is that with such a large pool of people that will die, choosing the right person to save will be very difficult. And it is difficult to determine which people can or cannot be saved. Some can be saved relatively inexpensively simply by furnishing an inexpensive medical procedure, others will require very expensive medical procedures. Some will benefit simply from improved safety measures and some will benefit for general health care and advice regarding a healthy life style. Some of those saved will cause a very wide return on your investment due to the fact that you may save a pregnant woman or a productive member of a family. Costs will range from 80k to save a person with a heart problem to a few dollars to furnish medication. There is a wide range of possible places to invest money and time and therefore you can easily choose to spend a little on one or a lot on another. The up side of the investment is that you will save more lives by choosing your investments wisely or you may choose to save a fetus and encounter the same cost as saving a potentially aborted fetus.
3.No matter what you do, you cannot save a large fraction of the 78 thousand aborted fetuses or a large fraction of the 900 thousand early lives lost.

For this year, what do I do? Do I help one fetus at 20 thousand dollars or do I help save 20 children that need a thousand dollars worth of medication each to survive? Is it moral for me to save the one fetus that may die or must I save the 20 children that would die without their medication? Please give a detailed explanation.
Edit: Agent smith
Thanks for giving credit when it is due. I am glad that you understand that wasting time when saving lives ends up costing life. I assume that you still are pro life and will let the 20 innocent children die. If not please let me know.
Edit: an earthly hope
I assume your answer means you are pro life and will let the 20 innocent children die and save the fetus. If not please let me know.

Abortion, Wealthy political men and women, who should I save?

You have been successful in Texas. (Or your own state)
You want to help other people.
You don’t like abortion, but you don’t like other innocent people to die either. Here are the facts you have to work with:
1. There will be more than 78 thousand abortions in Texas next year. You as a citizen want there to be fewer abortions, so this is an area where you might invest some time and money. You determine that from pregnancy to birth to post birth the cost to help one mother is about 10 thousand dollars to do it right. And the odds of being successful from the point of conception changes with time. Up to the first 8 weeks only 30 percent of fetuses will survive due to natural abortion. After that the chance of success is much greater with at least 70 percent success at 28 weeks and up to 90 percent thereafter. The benefit of attempting to stop the abortion is that you save a life and all that entails for every year until the child dies. The cost is that the investment is risky in that he fetus could die, it will require an investment of 10k birth expense and 10K other expense the first year and 10 k a year until the child is 18 years old. Failure to invest properly by yourself or others will lead to possible suffering.
2. There are 900 thousand years of potential lost life in Texas each year. You as a citizen don’t want people to suffer and die needlessly and you especially don’t want parents to die that have children. You do not want women that are carrying fetuses with the intention of giving birth to have their fetuses die. And you don’t want the elderly to suffer and die needlessly. The risk is that with such a large pool of people that will die, choosing the right person to save will be very difficult. And it is difficult to determine which people can or cannot be saved. Some can be saved relatively inexpensively simply by furnishing an inexpensive medical procedure, others will require very expensive medical procedures. Some will benefit simply from improved safety measures and some will benefit for general health care and advice regarding a healthy life style. Some of those saved will cause a very wide return on your investment due to the fact that you may save a pregnant woman or a productive member of a family. Costs will range from 80k to save a person with a heart problem to a few dollars to furnish medication. There is a wide range of possible places to invest money and time and therefore you can easily choose to spend a little on one or a lot on another. The up side of the investment is that you will save more lives by choosing your investments wisely or you may choose to save a fetus and encounter the same cost as saving a potentially aborted fetus.
3. No matter what you do, you cannot save a large fraction of the 78 thousand aborted fetuses or a large fraction of the 900 thousand early lives lost.

For this year, what do I do? Do I help one fetus at 20 thousand dollars or do I help save 20 children that need a thousand dollars worth of medication each to survive? Is it moral for me to save the one fetus that may die or must I save the 20 children that would die without their medication? Please give a detailed explanation.
edit fight fan:
OK now I understand, it is not murder to kill 20 people who are sick, including pregnant women, your friends and your mother, but it is murder to kill a fetus.
Edit: brian and brown
Someone pays the 20k or the kid suffers or dies. You can force the woman to pay (fat chance) or the public to pay, but you better believe someone will pay.
So I am putting you down for letting the 20 kids die and saving the fetus.

I’d rather die than be pregnant, why do I feel this way?

I’m an adult, a young one, but still an adult. When I was younger I liked the idea of growing up. getting married and starting a family, but ever since I had a pregnancy scare the whole idea of being pregnant makes me feel physically ill. I do want a family when I’m older, but I find pregnancy really scary and sorry to say this but disgusting. Just because it’s natural does not mean it’s beautiful, taking a poop is natural and that’s not beautiful is it?

I live in a country where abortion is illegal if I wanted one i’d have to fly to another country and it would cost over 1000 for the whole thing. I don’t really agree with abortion, or at least I didn’t until I thought I was pregnant.

I’m currently in college studying and I have about 3 years till I get my degree, if I had a baby I couldn’t afford college, would have to miss a lot of classes because of pregnancy etc

I hate that this pregnancy scare has made me so against pregnancy, the fact that I can’t get an abortion in this country even if my own life is threatened or I’m raped makes me feel sick too.

I can’t fully explain how I feel, it’s like suddenly realizing that I am not in control of my own reproductive organs has made me absolutely hate something I once thought was a precious thing.

I have to have sex, anyone who suggests “just don’t have sex until marriage” has obviously never lived in the 21st century as a 20 something year old.

I want a baby in the future, but I want one when I say it’s okay, when I have a steady job and can look after it and when I actually WANT IT.

I don’t want my first child to be a product of rape, or to be born and have me die right afterwards because I shouldn’t have carried a baby to full term in my health and I certainly do not want my first child to be an accident that I don’t want, can’t afford to look after that will force me to drop out of college and ruin my career before it’s even begun.

Even thinking about, or seeing pregnant women makes me feel nervous and sick, I dunno whats wrong with me??

Also I feel very scared to have sex with my partner now, so much so that sometimes he can’t even have sex with me if I want it because I tighten up completely and we just can’t do it.

How To Get Pregnant In A Natural Way?

Hi, me and my partner have been trying for a very long time to get pregnant without success. We can’t afford IVF and anyway feel there must be a natural way of achieving this? Can anyone suggest any ideas/resources for us. Thanks

Have human beings brought the end to natural selection?

Have concepts such as IVF and general medicines brought about the end of Darwin’s great revolution? We have progressed into a state where we simply select ourselves…leaving natural selection as a forgotten idea.
What do you all reckon?

IVF costs, ways to pay, and experiences w/ IVF from people who have had natural miscarriages.?

First let me start by saying I have had 4 miscarriages, all withint 9 weeks gestation. Reproductive endocrynologist saw me after the 4th, did every test under the moon (blood tests, hormone screens, hystosalpinogram, chromosome analysis of both spouse and I, ultrasound, etc). EVERYTHING was within range/normal EXCEPT my AMH blood test was high and I had a lot of follicles on my ovaries, which they said both are associated with PCOS, but NO HORMONE issues.

Anywho… currently I am on birth control to destimulate my ovaries. Dr’s want to do this, then have me try again. If I conceive before my ovaries hyperstimulate again, they will monitor me closely to make sure other issues arent coming in to play after conceiving for the pregnancy.

Dr. said I would be a good candidate for IVF, shared risk. Cost is $18-26K but we would be given up to 6 tries to bring a baby home from the hospital or we would get a 75% refund.

My questions are… has anyone out there had miscarriages for similar reasons as me and tried IVF? If so, what were your experience?

Are there ways to pay other than taking out a loan (like grants etc) available? If the couple doesnt have the money saved yet?

What were your own costs, experiences, and outcome (especially for couples who conceived in the past but went IVF for similar reasons as mine)

My husband and I are debating on following through and doing this option, saving for adoption and just adopting, or saving for adoption and try on our own and see what happens next go round.

With shared risk programs, if for example I concieve the first 3 tries and miscarry all 3 tries, am I stuck having to do all 6 tries before getting a refund? Or, if it looks like things are stacked against me to carry to term they will give up and refund my money (like if they determine I had bad eggs after cultivating them, etc, or similar).

I want to try IVF, but I dont want to miscarry 6 more times trying, know? So any sincere advice/stories/guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Any natural ways to increase fertility?

They cancelled my first IVF cycle. I want to start a second cycle but I need to know. Has anyone tried natural ways to increase their fertility and did it work?