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Grandparents and Infertility

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

If you were or are the parent of a couple having trouble conceiving, would you pay for their fertility treatments?

In some parts of the UK, this seems to be an increasingly-popular practice as grandparents-to-be provide the financial means for their sons and daughters to reproduce via fertility measures.

According to this article, a whopping one in eight couples undergoing IVF treatment in the United Kingdom have their bills subsidized by would-be grandmothers and grandfathers.

What do you think? If you’re dealing with infertility now, would you allow your parents or your spouse’s parents to pay for your fertility procedures? Or would you prefer that they had no financial hand in the process?

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How Long Can Frozen Embryos Remain Viable? In Celine Dion’s Case, Quite a While!

Friday, August 21st, 2009

How long can an embryo that’s been frozen in preparation for in vitro fertilization attempts remain viable? In the case of Celine Dion, who just announced she was pregnant with the couple’s second child, quite a while.

In fact, Dion’s doctor has told the media that the embryo used for this pregnancy was frozen eight years ago. And that’s not the oldest embryo that’s remained viable after being frozen; others have survived for 10-15 years, according to medical reports.

Obviously, any couple who is considering in vitro fertilization should speak with their fertility specialists about the length that any embryos should remain in a frozen state.

However, as Dion’s experience shows, it’s now possible for a woman in her twenties to wait years for in vitro once an embryo has undergone the freezing process.