If you’re trying to conceive, or beginning to think about starting a family, chances are you’ve probably recommended to stop, or at least cut down, drinking alcohol… Not exactly the news most of us want to hear, but unfortunately alcohol consumption can affect our fertility (in both women and men) and therefore, our chances of…
(CNN) Over the past 50 years, human sperm counts appear to have fallen by more than 50% around the globe, according to an updated review of medical literature. If the findings are confirmed and the decline continues, it could have important implications for human reproduction. Researchers say it would also be a harbinger of declining…
Tope Omogbolagun writes about the intrigues and other things involved in surrogacy in Nigeria Thirty-six-year-old human resources manager identified only as Juliet had been out of job for a few years and was in dire need of an urgent way out. Her bills were piling up at an incredible rate and it looked like only…
More than 8 in 10 couples, where the woman is under 40, will conceive naturally within a year of having regular unprotected sex. Regular unprotected sex means having sex every 2 to 3 days without using contraception. When to get medical help See your GP if you have not conceived after a year of trying. You…
I’ve always been curious about different family styles. So, I asked 10 single mothers by choice to share their experiences. They talked about making the decision, the highs and lows of solo parenting, discussing donor conception with kids, and the joys of going it alone… On Making the Decision “I knew I wanted to have…
Sometimes, the desire to be a mother doesn’t match up with the desire to be coupled and for Carrie Cooper-Moore this realisation came in her mid-30s. “Looking back, some of the more fun and exciting times in my life happened when I was single,” says the 41-year-old Geelong PR executive. “I was happy to travel…
In Party for One, Mashable explores single life in 2020, from Carly Rae Jepsen’s iconic single anthems, to the beauty of alone time, and the fascinating history behind the single positivity movement. In 1979, Jane Mattes was busy looking into adoption in hopes of becoming a mother. One of her single female friends had recently adopted…
There are a number of different fertility treatments, from fertility drugs and embryo screening to surgical sperm extraction and IVF. Explore all the different treatments available and find out about the risks of treatment, using donated eggs, sperm and embryos and having treatment abroad. The most important thing you can do when making decisions about…
This article by Onyekachi Umah is a practical step by step guide on how to adopt a child lawfully in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. He affirms that similar steps can be followed, in the States that have domesticated the Child Rights Act; and advices that a child in Nigeria cannot be lawfully adopted through…
Fertility preservation is the process of freezing eggs (oocytes), sperm, embryos or reproductive tissue so that a person can use them to hopefully have their own biological children in the future. Preservation of fertility is possible for men and women, girls and teenage boys. Whether a treatment is available on the NHS depends on where…
