fertility treatments

Many women, especially lesbian couples, choose to undergo the process of in vitro fertilization (IVF) with the hopes of conceiving a happy, healthy baby boy or girl.  IVF has been a huge contributor to lesbian couples getting pregnant for some time now since the "traditional" method of conceiving is generally out of the question in most cases.  A new study has just been released that suggests that babies conceived via IVF have a possible 4 four percent chance of being born with a birth defect (such as heart and urogenital tract malformations).

Fertility clinics in Sweden are facing long waiting lists of people lined up for artificial insemination. Part of the reason for this is the recent spike in demand by those lesbian couples in vital need of man juice.

Lesbian mom K. Pearson Brown gets on her soap box about pregnancy as a protected job status, among a host of other discriminatory practices and viewpoints reserved for pregnant women.

At last count, my wife and I know 13 lesbian couples in the Bay Area that have recently had a baby, are currently pregnant, or are in the process of trying to conceive. Each one of these couples experienced, or are hoping to experience, a biological birth.

This past summer SheWired contributor and our friend Tatum de Roeck was diagnosed with breast cancer. The co-host of Cherry Bomb and of her own interview style show on SheWired T-Time with Tatum began blogging about her experience shortly after her diagnosis. Via her writing, she shares the intimate details of taking breast cancer one step at a time in a blog that is incredibly emotional and moving but always infused with Tatum's lightning-quick wit and her ability to remain positive.

It’s the worst and most severe global epidemic in modern history and the numbers are shocking: More than one in three women worldwide is a victim of physical or sexual violence.

Hobby Lobby just got a religious exemption from science. Yes, science.

Get ready, Clone Club, because this week we get maybe Orphan Black’s biggest surprise of all.