motherhood

Melissa Mathis holds a container of freeze-dried placenta capsules.

Texas Defends A Woman's Right To Take Her Placenta Home

1:36am July 11, 2015

by Carrie Feibel

Texas now explicitly allows the placenta to be taken home after giving birth in a hospital. It came about at the urging of people who feel consuming dried and encapsulated placenta helps new mothers.

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Women Increasingly Pick Brains Over Looks In Choosing Egg Donors

1:50pm November 03, 2014

by Robin Marantz Henig

As using egg donors becomes more common, women are more likely to choose donors based on smarts and athletic skill rather than trying to have a child who will look like just them.

A doctor uses a microscrope to view a human egg during in vitro fertilization (IVF), which is used to fertilize eggs that have been frozen.

Women Can Freeze Their Eggs For The Future, But At A Cost

6:35pm October 16, 2014

by Patti Neighmond

Until recently, freezing human eggs was reserved for young women at risk of infertility due to cancer treatments. But some companies now pay for it for healthy women who want to delay motherhood.

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Human Interest

A Different View on Family Planning

9:49am March 24, 2014

Having children is not a given for some women.

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