Episode 54 - Interview with Dr. Shari Brasner
Malky and I interview Dr. Shari Brasner who is an OB-GYN that is on the advisory board of Conceivex. We also have a winner in our latest contest, a new poll, some news and listener feedback galore!
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Show and tell 11/30/08 - How trends change
Remember back when we where in primary school what was in vogue then? I remember jump rope, collecting stationary and stickers. Today things are different. At least in Rivky’s school they are. The collection is paper napkins (?) - don’t know who came up with that one. The cool thing to make is rubber band balls. This kept Rivky very busy last weekend. Here is the result of her efforts. It bounces quite well I might add.
Shedding new light on male infertility
Interesting new study.
Researchers in Belgium and Switzerland have discovered a link between Rhesus factors in the blood and levels of acidity in the urine which could have important implications for male fertility levels. The study, which was funded under the EU’s Sixth and Seventh Framework Programmes (FP6 and FP7), is published in the journal Nature.
The Rhesus proteins are well known for their importance in blood transfusions, but a study led by Dr Anna Maria Marini of Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique in Belgium has found that the Rhesus protein Rhcg also has a vital role to play.
PTA Meeting
We had Rivky’s parents/teachers conference tonight at her school. It went pretty well. Both her teachers said she was a very fine, sensitive and caring girl. Her morning teacher also added that she was a good friend and has a presence to her. There’s a few areas in which she needs to study more but overall I think they are happy with her. Always nice to hear that we are doing something right to raise her well.
Sex selection helps a couple build a family
I found this very touching news article about a couple in the UK who lost 3 baby boys due to heart complications that seemed to be passed from the mom to her baby boys. She went on to have a healthy baby girl. For her last child she used IVF with PGD to select only female embryos and went on to have another healthy girl.
IVF for prisoners?
Prisoners are being offered IVF treatment in the UK. I think this is pretty odd seeing how it’s so hard for law abiding citizens to get coverage for IVF on the NHS.
This is also quite the opposite view of what the Dutch are proposing to enforce contraception for misfit mothers. (Thanks Marci for the lead on the Dutch proposal).
What are your thoughts on these issues?
Should prisoners be allowed to do IVF?
Is it right for a government to force women to use contraception?
Show and Tell 11/16/08
Rivky started music lessons this week. She seems really happy about it. I’m happy as well that we are able to do this for her. Growing up without a lot of money, music lessons where not something in our family budget. Although my father did teach me how to play guitar. It really wasn’t my thing though. I couldn’t get passed the discomfort of pressing down on the strings. So will see how far she gets with the lessons. Here she is on the Casio.
I couldn’t help but include these beautiful amaryllis this time with roses in this weeks show and tell. Don’t the colors remind you of Thanksgiving? Perfect timing huh.
Episode 53 - Venting, and I’m not talking about the new Coor’s cans
In this episode Malky shares some of her frustrations about our current infertility situation plus we deliver some news and opinion.
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Links from the show:
- Ovary transplant woman gives birth
- CVS offers low cost fertility medication
- Frozen Embryos better than fresh
- Rachel’s opinion on freezing eggs and ovaries
Woman to give birth after first ovary transplant pregnancy
We’ll be talking about this news in our upcoming episode.
Update: She has given birth to a healthy baby girl today 11/11/08!
Infertility costs drop by half in Kenya
Good news in Kenya.
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