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3rd Party Reproduction
Thanks to services like egg, sperm, and embryo donation, plus gestational surrogacy, couples have various opportunities for becoming parents.  

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Whether or Not to Tell the Truth about Third Party Reproduction

If you’ve decided to use a third party to conceive your baby, you’ve probably wondered whether to share with your loved ones your family’s unconventional start—and if and when to...
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How to Hire a Reproductive Attorney

If you’re facing fertility challenges and turning to assisted reproductive technologies, you may need some expert legal advice. To make sure you get the best, you’ll need to do some...
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Tips for Choosing a Sperm Donor

For couples who can’t conceive with the husband’s sperm, or single women who want a biological child, sperm donation is a safe and effective option, says Michael J. Slowey, M.D.,...
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Tips for Choosing an Egg Donor

A growing number of women—especially those over age 40, and women who have been unsuccessful with other infertility treatments—are using donor eggs.

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Getting Pregnant with Donor Eggs

If you’ve decided to use an egg donor, you’re not alone. More than 11 percent of all high-tech fertility treatments now involve donor eggs.

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Getting Pregnant with Donor Sperm

Generally speaking, it’s not a situation anyone really pictures themselves in. But one day you may find yourself wanting to get pregnant and needing to buy some sperm.

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Ways to Strengthen Your Relationship When Using a Donor or Surrogate

When a third person—egg donor, sperm donor, or surrogate—becomes part of the baby-making process, a couple’s relationship may require extra attention.

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Third Party Reproduction and the Law

Third-party reproduction dates back to at least the Old Testament, points out the American Fertility Association.

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Generous Donations: Egg Donors and Surrogates

When a couple is having trouble conceiving or carrying a pregnancy, sometimes a “third party” is enlisted to help. These women—egg donors and surrogates—are giving one of the greatest gifts of all. Find...


Get Pregnant

I'm Ready to Have a Baby, He's Not

Even couples who agree about most things may find themselves at odds when it comes...

Want to Get Pregnant? Try These Tests at Home

There’s a brave new world of DIY tests and gadgets to help baby-making go a...

Top Destinations for Procreation Vacations

Conceive asked some top travel experts for their recommendations of the best places to de-stress...

Remembering the Romance When Trying to Get Pregnant

Keeping connected when you’re trying to conceive doesn’t have to be complicated. A noted relationship...

Boost Your Fertility

Why Men Need to Exercise With Caution: 3 Fertility Concerns

If there’s a hard-core jock in your life—or even just a weekend warrior—find out how...

Rubbed the Right Way: Fertility Massage

For couples looking for an edge in dealing with fertility—or just a way to relax...

Genetic Tests to Consider Before Getting Pregnant

There are now tests to detect genetic carriers for dozens of hereditary conditions.

5 Toothpastes That Boost Dental (and Fertility) Health

We've said it before, and we'll say it again: If you’re trying to conceive, it’s...

Fertility Concerns

Reversing Vasectomy, Restoring Male Fertility

It might have seemed like a good idea at the time...but if the man in...

Secondary Infertility

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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

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Alcoholism

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Infertility

IVF 101: In Vitro Fertilization Explained

As kids, we all learned about the birds and the bees. But we probably didn’t...

How to Get Pregnant with the IVF Super Cycle

Things have changed since most of us learned the facts about menstruation in school health...

Third Party Reproduction and the Law

Third-party reproduction dates back to at least the Old Testament, points out the American Fertility...

Natural Cycle IVF: The Drug-Free Fertility Treatment

Sounds like a contradiction, but there actually is a “natural” version of the high-tech fertility...