More Male Infertility News

Now we shouldn’t drink coffee, beer or wine. Nor should we eat nuts. This is just getting silly.

Episode 47 – Sinead Moriarty

This episode Malky and I interview author Sinead Moriarty. She is the author of a trilogy of fictional books about a woman’s infertility journey. As always we have the news, a new poll, and some surprises coming up at the end of the podcast.

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Links from the show:

• Varicocele Surgery helping male factor infertility
• Not so fast my friend
• Time off for IVF
• Stirrup Queen
• The Baby Trail
• The Right Fit
• From Here to Maternity
• Beginning and Ending Music from John Benedict
• Hosting and bandwidth by Ataraxia Consulting

Episode 45 – News, News and more News

Malky and I are back to give you some more infertility news and opinion.

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News articles we discussed tonight:

• Will being overweight interfere with sperm production? Yes and No
• Male infertility inherited?
• Men reluctant to seek help for infertility
• Smokers refused access to free IVF

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New infertility hotline

This looks like pretty neat news from across the pond. Infertility Network UK and More To Life now have set up a toll free phone number for people to call and have questions answered about infertility.

I hope that it makes a difference.

Paint solvents and infertility

There may be a connection.

Good Things happening in Quebec

Canada and Quebec Provence in particular are making strides for helping couples with infertility. As the article states, it is mainly because of the Infertility Awareness Association of Canada.

Secondary Infertility – An Overview

The American Chronicle has a good article up about secondary infertility and as usual gives some advice for the couple that is going through this very difficult period.

One interesting statistic from the article is that 25% of all couples going through infertility treatments are suffering from secondary infertility. I would have guessed the number was a lot lower.

New test to measure good eggs remaining

There is a new test on the market that will let women know how many eggs she has left. It costs $350 but there is a down side.

But some fertility experts worry that the sales pitch will capitalize on women’s anxieties and note that the test’s reliability has not been clearly established.

Hmmmm. That is a pretty big down side if you ask me. Would you go and buy a test like this?

Soft IVF continues to make headway

We have talked about this before in a previous post, but it seems that the procedure that is now being called Soft IVF is making more headway in the scientific community. I am in agreement and think that this is the wave of the future since women aren’t injecting themselves full of hormones.

Buried a bit further down in the article was a third ART method that is being worked on in Scotland.

Scottish scientists have found a way of taking pieces of ovary containing immature eggs and maturing them in a lab.

Immature eggs survive the freezing process much better but more research needs to be done to confirm it they’re completely normal and suitable for IVF. If successful, it would benefit women who want to wait until they’re older to have children or those who have had cancer treatment.

That looks interesting, but I’m a little surprised that it doesn’t have anything to do with a deep fried Mars bar.

Stop Theif!

There are a lot of crazies out there in the world, but I can’t for the like of my figure out what the heck this person was thinking. I mean breaking into a sperm back and making an illegal withdrawl?! That is a serious WTF?! moment right there.

It’s also interesting to note that according to the UPI, that this looks to have been an inside job.

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