A discussion on the high cost of fertility treatments, success rates, and the controversial practice of creating embryos with genetic material from two mothers and one father.
Guest: Dr. Sherman Silber, director of the Infertility Center of St. Louis

Editor's note: Since the recording of this episode, the world's first baby has reportedly been born from an embryo containing genetic material from two mothers and one father. The fertility procedure, banned in the U.S., was performed in Mexico. Mitochondria from the mother's egg was replaced by that part of a donor woman's egg to prevent the baby from inheriting a fatal disease.

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This is Making Babies, a podcast all about pregnancy. Pregnancy can be such a confusing and anxious time when parents are completely focused on the health of the mother and baby. There are so many questions and so much to learn about all the recommendatio

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A discussion on the high cost of fertility treatments, success rates, and the controversial practice of creating embryos with genetic material from two mothers and one father. Guest: Dr. Sherman Silber, director of the Infertility Center of St. Louis Edit

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