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Lesbian mother of four - Cat Cora - is helping bring relief to Haiti along with former Sen. Bob Kerrey and Timberland CEO Jeff Swartz. Cora is the founder of the relief group Chefs for Humanity [pictured], which delivers nutritional aid to those who badly need it.

There's a new trend in parenting. Some women are reaching their mid-40's and feeling the desire to carry a baby. "Egg donation and fertility treatments make having children in your 40's more possible. But you start getting into progressive difficulties for mother and child," said Dr. Ingrid A. Rodi, a Santa Monica fertility specialist.

KTLA.com reports that California Cryobank announced Tuesday that it has started posting photos of celebrities who resemble their donors to give prospective clients a better idea of what their potential offspring might look like.

Sepal Reproductive Devices has developed the first insemination kit for women to use in the privacy of their own home. The Total Conception Kit provides couples with the highest technology of at-home insemination devices at affordable costs.

Gay & Lesbian Books - Parenting & Families reviews a book for every lesbian who's meant to be a mom. The book's called Baby Steps: How Lesbian Alternative Insemination Is Changing the World (Paperback).

G & L Books - Parenting & Families writes:

We are a Brooklyn, NY couple in the planning stage of conceiving. We will be moving to Atlanta, GA in the summer of 2009. Does anyone have any resources (queer friendly clinics, doctors, midwives, support groups, lawyers, etc) in Atlanta?

Thanks!

- Holiday and Glo

The California Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday, May 28, 2008 in the case of an Oceanside lesbian whose doctors at North Coast Women's Care Medical Group denied her fertility treatments based on their religious beliefs.