Links

Donor/Baby News Articles:

• The Lesbian Gayby Boom (Annabelle Magazine)
• Lesbians Picking a Sperm Donor: Our Firsthand Experience (AC)
• U.S. baby boomlet bucks world trend (MSNBC)
• With no Mr. Right in sight, time for plan B (MSNBC)
• Lesbian Pregnancy: Donor Insemination (American Fertility Association)

Recent News:

• Recession may have pushed US birth rate to new low
• IVF linked to autism, Israeli study suggests 
• The People's Court - Shopping for sperm donor on craigslist! pt. 1 (YouTube)
• The People's Court - Shopping for sperm donor on craigslist! pt. 2 (YouTube)

Fertility resources:

• Pregnancy after 35: Healthy moms, healthy babies (Mayo Clinic)
• 10 Ways to Address Your Root Causes of Infertility -- Naturally (A must read)
• Tips for Enhancing Women's Fertility (Fertility Physicians of Northern California)
• How to Get Pregnant - A beginner’s guide to fertility (Today's Parent)
• How to Get Pregnant (Mayo Clinic)
• Conception Strategies for Women 35 and Older (Sperm Bank of California)
• MAIA Midwifery & Fertility Services (MAIA)
• Berkeley Parents Network - Advice about Pregnancy & Childbirth (UC Berkeley)
• Trying to Conceive Tips & Forum  (NW Andrology and Cyrobank)
• Home Insemination Information (FertilityPlus.org)
• Timing of Intercourse, Ovulation and Conception (Frederick R. Jelovsek MD)
• Fertility Doctor Database (NW Andrology)
• Natural Conception Dos and Don'ts (FOXNews.com)
• First Trimester Myths (ABCNews Video)
• Why stress, depression hurt fertility (CNN)

Books

• Taking Charge of Your Fertility (Over 1,000 five-star Amazon reviews)
• Choosing Single Motherhood (full text on Google Books) (Amazon.com book)

Children of sperm donors:

• Donor Sibling Registry
• Adolescents with Donor Origins - What do they think? (The Sperm Bank of CA)
• "My Father Was an Anonymous Sperm Donor" (Washington Post)
• Sperm Donor Siblings Find Family Ties (CBS 60 Minutes)
• The "Genius Babies," and How They Grew (Slate Magazine)

Other Free Sperm Donor Websites:

• FreeSpermDonors (Yahoo Groups)
• Free Sperm Donors Worldwide (Yahoo Groups)

Sperm Info:

• A woman's cervix can keep sperm alive for 3-5 days before fertilizing an egg  (Mayo Clinic)
  http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/pregnancy/AN00281
   
• Female scents attract sperm (Discovery Channel Health)
  http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/06/13/sperm_hea.html?category=health&guid=20060613012011
   
• Pheromones in Male Perspiration Reduce Women’s Tension, Alter Hormone Response that Regulates Menstrual Cycle (UPenn)
  http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=47
   
• Male sweat boosts women's hormone levels (UC Berkeley Medical)
  http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2007/02/06_sweat.shtml
   
• Women who are exposed to hormones in semen may be less depressed (New Scientist Magazine)
  http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2457-semen-acts-as-an-antidepressant.html
   
• Healthy sperm more important to men than career (mirror.co.uk)
  http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/03/16/healthy-sperm-more-important-to-men-than-career-115875-22114184/
   
• 'Choosy' women set high standards for sperm
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/23/2935003.htm
   
• Will low sperm counts increase chances of abortion or birth defects? (Center for Applied Reproductive Science)