with Maureen McGrath
No more than a single embryo should be transferred at a time in most younger women undergoing assisted-baby making, according to new guidelines for the nation’s for-profit fertility industry aimed at minimizing multiple births.
A whole generation has been born since Canada’s first “test tube baby” saw daylight in Vancouver almost 30 years ago. And it’s been 20 years since BC’s Patricia Baird issued a royal commission report on the murky ethics of creating life in a petri dish.
24 Hours Vancouver - Fertility awareness advocates are arguing infertility should be treated as a medical condition and covered by government health care, pointing to a recent online survey showing broad public support.
Karen Seraphim was careful not to get too excited about her pregnancy. "We're doing really well and we're really happy," Seraphim said from her Vancouver Eastside home with her husband, Keiron Duncan, by her side.