When my husband, Alastair, and I wake up in the morning, we can’t wait to see our little boys jumping up and down in their cots. I feel blessed because, for a while, I wondered if I’d ever have a child. I was born with Marfan syndrome, a genetic connective tissue disorder that affects the
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A QUEENSLAND couple face the prospect of jail despite winning legal permission to parent 18-month-old twins conceived by a surrogate mother in Thailand. In a challenge to the state’s controversial surrogacy laws, the twins have been granted Australian citizenship. But in a cruel twist, the couple now face an anxious wait before they know whether
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Having another woman bear a child for a couple to raise, usually with the male half of the couple as the genetic father, is referred to in antiquity. Babylonian law and custom allowed this practice and infertile woman could use the practice to avoid the divorce which would otherwise be inevitable. Simply put, surrogacy is
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CNN) — “No poo” sounds like a swimming pool rule, but to some it also means washing hair with baking soda and vinegar instead of shampoo. Tiffany Burke, 31, says she might try it soon, with a goal of becoming as natural and organic as possible. “I’m, like, 60% there,” she says about her use of
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The economic downturn and a change in the law have led to a boom in the number of women donating their eggs for money at private fertility clinics. When new rules came into effect on April 1 allowing women to be paid £750 for each cycle of eggs, there was an immediate surge in numbers
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