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Experts suggest men over 35 freeze their sperm: It's cheaper and easier than egg freezing.

Surprise! Men Have Ticking Biological Clocks, Too

Studies say men also get less fertile after age 35. So there's no "eternal fatherhood," fellas.

Women aren't the only ones who stress about their biological clock — men face similar anxieties over becoming older dads, reports Sarah Wildman. Some may even turn to sperm freezing.

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Giuliana Rancic: Should Women Get Mammograms Before IVF?

Rancic's case is a good reason women shouldn't wait until age 40 to get mammograms.

This morning on the Today show, Giuliana Rancic, 37, made a big announcement. Only it wasn't the happy pregnancy news we've all been waiting for as she and her husband, Bill Rancic, have struggled with infertility for years. Rather she revealed that she has breast cancer, which was discovered because of her IVF treatments.

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Lesson Of The Day: Don't Use Plan B As Your Only Birth Control

xoJane blogger gets pummeled by the Internet for decrying every single other birth control option.

xoJane's "Health Editor," a term we're going to use very loosely, wrote a piece about why she prefers the Plan B method of birth control to all others. Why? Well, in her words, the Pill will make her "fat," make her "spot," and according to her, will not prevent her from getting preggers because she's in that teeny-tiny minority who got knocked up on it.

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Orgasms Make Couples More Likely To Want Babies

And more theories about the purpose of the female orgasm, besides the fact that it's fun.

Both men and women like the pleasure that orgasms bring — but only male orgasms are actually "necessary." At least that's what science says — because only male orgasms are needed to make a baby. Ah, science. Science has clearly never had sex.

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Doctors Say Beyonce Is Not Wearing A Fake Baby Bump

All of the gossip about a prosthetic bump is total nonsense. Here's a professional take.

The pop superstar sparked conspiracy theories this week after her baby bump appeared to deflate on TV. Doctors Yvonne Bohn, Allison Hill, and Alane Park offer their expert take on 'bump-gate.'

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'Baby Fever' Is A Real Scientific Phenomenon

Both men and women experience it.

If the sight of an adorable infant sends your biological clock into a frenzy, you're likely experiencing what researchers are calling "baby fever."

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Disturbing New Facts About Anonymous Sperm Donors

Got sperm? 'Donorsexuals' are spreading their seed far and wide, and not even getting paid for it.

Meet a 'donorsexual' on the web—and he'll service you anywhere, even in the Starbucks bathroom.

Is Having A Baby When You're Over 50 Irresponsible?

Is Having A Baby When You're Over 50 Irresponsible?

Barriers to parenthood are crumbling, opening up motherhood to women over 50. But should they do it?

According to an article in New York magazine, over the last decade the number of women having babies over the age of 50 has doubled. Plus, 25 percent of parents who adopt are over 45. Is this unnatural and unfair to children, or an extension of the women's liberation movement?

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Why I'm Perfectly Happy Being The Child-Free 'Cool Aunt'

Some women would call me selfish for not wanting kids...and I would whole-heartedly agree with them.

Melanie Notkin (of SavvyAuntie.com) recently wrote a piece in the Huffington Post about her experiences of being a woman without children of her own, but who is an aunt to many. In her article she referenced to the new Sarah Jessica Parker film, I Don't Know How She Does It, and the lead character's junior associate's "child-phobic" ways.