61 Year Old Woman Had A Baby
A Japanese woman aged 61 gave birth to her grandchild. Her daughter donated an egg a clinic said on August 22, 2008. Surrogate births are rare in Japan and banned by industry groups, but it is not illegal. The Clinic refused to provide information regarding the baby. This procedure has been done because the woman’s daughter has no uterus. Both surrogate mother and baby were fine.
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Obesity And Abnormal Sperm
In the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Dr. A Ghiyath Shayeb said that men with a higher body mass index (BMI) have lower volumes of seminal fluid and a higher proportion of abnormal sperm. If you want to be fertile and have babies, you should consider losing some weight, and maintain your body weight to normal BMI. Living a healthy lifestyle with a balanced diet, regular exercise are needed to be in the normal BMI range.
Grandmas Can Have Babies
When scientists predicted a scenario just like test-tube babies 30 years ago, it shocked us, but now it is an acceptable routine to most people. According to the journal Nature “Making Babies: The Next 30 Years”, newborns and 100-year-old can have children; labs will generate sperm and eggs for anybody; human embryos will be easily made by pluripotent stem cell; “Genetic cassettes” will be inserted to correct any genetic diseases or mutation; and In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) will become as cheap as $100.
But don’t you thing the old-fashioned way is cheaper and more fun?
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US Man Had A Baby Girl
A man who was born female has given a birth to a girl. He underwent gender reassignment; had breasts removed; taken male hormones to get facial hair; but has kept female reproductive organs to carry a baby. His name is Thomas Beatie 34, he and his daughter are reported to be doing well in a hospital in Bend, Oregon.
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Teen Dads and Babies’ Health Risk
Although teenage fathers may be more likely than older men to have babies, their babies are at high health risk. According to a longitudinal study, babies fathered by teens were more likely to be: Low birth weight, small size for their gestational age, pre-term birth, less healthy at birth and higher death rate from birth through their first birthday.
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