Health Beat Special - Will I Ever Have a Baby? #6

Datecirca 1998

Can DescriptionsHealth Beat 6; Will I Ever Have a Baby?; Channel 5

AbstractHealth Beat #6; Will I Ever Have a Baby?; Infertility and the ethics of invitro-fertilization are discussed; the process of invitro-fertilization is demonstrated; other forms of assisted fertilizations are discussed; long black-screen commercial breaks; the psychological effects of infertility; adoption is sometimes the option for some who suffer from infertility; the reasons women donate their eggs; the process for donating eggs; success rates and the difficulties of multiple embryos.

OtherCredits: Produced by: Ramsay G. Trussell; Directed by: Phil Rubin; Segment Producers: Alison Mosher, Maggie Harper; Photographer: Judi Guild; Editors: Craig Pizzo, Debbie Therrien; Post Production: Craig Pizzo; Additional Videography: Carl Vieira; Lighting Director: Wayne C. Smith; Technical Director: Susan Krieger; Audio: Bayard Peabody, Jr.; Studio Cameras: Geoff Sullivan, Ted Phillips, Peter Dingle; Stage Manager: Rob Crowley; Videotape: Bob Armitage: Maintenance: Al Brewer; Production Assistant: Marilyn Garrett; Graphic Design: Christine Finn; AVID Editor: Ellen Boyce; Electronic Graphics: Emmons S. Levine; Healthbeat Project Coordinator: Lisa Grace; Engineering Manager: Gerri Powers; Director of Broadcast Operations: Jack Barry; Program Administrator: Leona McCarthy; Executive Producer: Mark Mills