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After losing her only daughter in 2009, 60-year-old Sheng Hailin made headlines by becoming China's oldest IVF mother with twins. Now, 15 years of intimate photographs have won a World Press Photo award while documenting a family's resilience.
Despite judgement and difficult journeys, Heather and Zoe say becoming mothers later in life brought patience, perspective, and pure joy. Australian women are increasingly having first babies after 35, rising from 5% to 17% in three decades.
The technology that gave us the first "test tube baby" in 1978 has transformed into something far more powerful. Today's IVF offers safer treatments, better success rates, and new paths to parenthood for millions.
Sportscaster Maria Taylor became the first Black woman to present the Vince Lombardi Trophy at the Super Bowl this year, all while navigating three fibroid surgeries and IVF treatments. Her 2-year-old son Roman has transformed how she shows up in the sports world.
A couple expecting triplets got the shock of their lives when doctors discovered a fourth baby halfway through pregnancy. The Lotsu family welcomed one boy and three girls, making history as Western Australia's first quadruplets since 2020.
India faces massive healthcare gaps, from 63 million people with hearing loss to stagnant IVF success rates. Fifteen startups just joined an accelerator program determined to solve these problems with real-world solutions.
Kenya just became one of the first African nations to offer public school teachers full coverage for fertility treatments. The landmark agreement also eliminates out-of-pocket medical costs and covers treatment abroad.
Television host Eboni K. Williams is opening up about her IVF journey and life as a "solo mom by choice" to 20-month-old daughter Liberty. Her candid conversation with fertility experts is helping women understand their expanding options for parenthood.
A nurse who gave up on dating and started IVF treatment met her soulmate while pregnant with her donor-conceived baby. Now they're raising the little boy together as a family.
A Delhi court ruled that an injured soldier's prior consent to IVF with his wife still counts, even though he's now unable to speak. The decision recognizes reproductive rights as fundamental, offering hope to a couple whose family plans were interrupted by a training accident.
Fertility science is opening doors to parenthood for millions who thought their family dreams were over. From egg freezing to IVF breakthroughs, medical advances are giving people control over one of life's most meaningful journeys.
A Spanish research team successfully kept a donated human uterus alive outside the body for an entire day using a breakthrough machine they nicknamed "Mother." This achievement could transform fertility treatments and uterus transplants while helping scientists understand the earliest moments of pregnancy.
A Melbourne startup is turning breakthrough research into a wearable sensor that detects fertility hormones through the skin, potentially eliminating the need for repeated blood draws during IVF treatment. The device could be ready for human trials within 18 months.
A healthy baby boy named Hugo became the first UK child born from a deceased donor's uterus transplant, opening new doors for women with infertility. His mother was born without a uterus, but groundbreaking surgery and IVF made her dream of pregnancy possible.
A tiny microfluidic chip recovered hundreds of viable eggs from fluid fertility clinics had already discarded, including one that led to a live birth. The breakthrough could help thousands of couples struggling with infertility find hope in eggs they never knew they had.
A groundbreaking device found additional eggs in fertility treatment fluid that was about to be thrown away, helping more than half of 582 patients. One couple already welcomed a healthy baby thanks to an egg that would have been discarded.
After three decades of marriage and two failed IVF attempts, a Nigerian couple in their late 50s just welcomed their first child. Their tearful church testimony has touched millions online.
Scientists just solved a problem that's been making it harder for doctors to pick the healthiest embryos during fertility treatments. A new culture dish made from water-based gel lets doctors see crucial details they were missing before.
Penn Vet researchers solved a decades-old puzzle in horse breeding, achieving successful IVF with frozen sperm for the first time. This breakthrough could transform equine reproduction by making advanced breeding techniques accessible worldwide.
After years of unsuccessful attempts, Ghana's largest teaching hospital is finally launching fertility treatment services that will help thousands of women become mothers. The new program breaks down barriers for families who never thought they could afford reproductive care.
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