who knows a young cancer or family member that has breast cancer, infertilities, testicular cancer. there is a lot of evidence showing environmental pollutants are part of the reason. so we see that there is a lot of cause for concerns and the trends um, cause us to look at these chemicals and say what is going on here. we know from the science that chemicals are ending up where they are not supposed to be and that is inside of our bodies. scientists can measure the chemicals getting into us, bio measuring. this is from the first chapter, indecent exposure, the intimate details. charlotte was surprised by the test results. mother of 2 among the first people to be tested for a wide range of industrial chemicals. test revealed that her body contained mercury lead cosmetics. i felt violated charlotte reported. she was upset about the pesticide. i never used them in my house, never on my lawn. i bought organic whenever i could. her body contained several variations of organic chlorines designed to attack nervous systems of insects. i never bought it. isn't that trespassing. i tell this

. >> it is a reminder to all women struggling with infertility. >> if the husband is fine and all of the other tests come feign and they say it is all okay . not getting pregnant. it is that until they are rating a new life. >> i am not just excited for kids. was i that old. >> she is pregnant and dew due in august . thank you, car lin. >> went in for a lunch meeting and drizzly and unlesant and sunny and nice. >> you bought the sun. >> i don't know. it was a nice surprize. we got a chance to enjoy the sun and warmer weather. here is sky sevenhd and looking to the bay and golden gate, bridge. we have blue skies in the bay area. let me show you a perspective. a few build ups and left over sun action and live doppler hd shows you how the showers are over the higher education. everyone enjoyed the sun. temperatures are warmer compared to yesterday. we are in the 60s and approaching 70 around inland in concord and sapta jose and santa rose. >> it is dry continues connected through the weekend. take them out doors. we were in the area of law pressure and sun and clouds for the afternoon.

while no clinical study has proven that yoga increases pregnancy rates in infertility patients, research shown that mind body programs destined to reduce stress can really help boost a woman's ability to conceive. >> it can't hurt? >> reporter: no. it's not going to hurt and may do a lot of good. why not try it? and more and more we're seeing this in medicine. we're embracing these alternatives. >> stress relief is good. >> reporter: for all of us. >> thank you. >>> well, it's called a catwalk but you might be wanting to call this is cat fall or pratfall. in cannes, france, this model kept falling on the runway. she fell four times. poor thing. wasn't the only one having problems, either. the fashion show a fundraiser featuring both models and celebrities put on by supermodel naomi campbell. this was for the victims of japan's earthquake and tsunami. take it all in stride. >> oh. must be the shoes. >> they will kill ya. >> >> hey. >> we'll be right back. the internet on a plane! are you from the future? um, no. cleveland. listen cleveland your savings account is stuck in the past! earn m

samuel wood is an endo krin nol gist who specializes in infertility. >> actually taking the birth control pill reduces the chance that you're going to be infer till later and reduces the chance that you're going cancer. >> she stopped taking the birth control pills and was pregnant almost immediately. >> off the pill, one cycle, and then pregnant and one ovary and chemotherapy. amazing. >> what is interesting is that most people are worried about having a lower fertility after stopping the pill as opposed to being hypo fertile. >> reporter: the pill -- when a woman stops the pill there is a surge in the hormone often causing the ovaries to release more than one egg. it wasn't long before she found out that she was having twins. >> oh, my god, i have to call my husband and tell him that i'm having twins. or that we're having twins. >> reporter: the doctor says it's not surprising. if you conceive within three to six months after stopping the pill, you increase your chances of having fraternal twins by 70%. >> it doesn't seem to matter what pill it is. you see that increased rate when you s

it has the lowest infertility rate. it rounded out the top five.nd then there are the worst places to not be a mom. chad, yemen, afghanistan, niger. in case you're wondering, where is the u.s. in all of this? there we are. lucky 31 down from 28 last year. what's going on? >> i love my mommy this much. the mississippi and ohio rivers have crested. >>> and then how to prevent more potential damage because there are indeed big efforts underway. >> absolutely. this is record flooding we're talking about affecting thousands and likely going to be millions of people as well. let's first of all talk about where the worst of the flooding has been, and it's been right up there at the confluence of the ohio and mississippi rivers. it's going to make its way downstream and it will take a week to do that. notice new orleans isn't on the map. so this is the big question mark we've been talking about, what's going to happen with new orleans? they're trying to take measures now to prevent that city from flooding. we've got a series of levees. this whole system ex

. >> it is a reminder to all women struggling with infertility. >> if they are trying to get pregnantand is fine and all of the other tests come fine and they say everything is okay and they are not getting pregnant, it is endometriosis until proven otherwise. >> reporter: as the lanes head home to portland, their focus shifts from saving katherine's life to creating a new one. >> my parents are just excited for grand kids now so. hopefully that will come soon. >> in fact, katherine is now pregnant with baby lane, due in august, something her doctors in oregon told her would be all but impossible. in the newsroom, i'm carolyn johnson, abc 7 news. >>> president obama's 2012 campaign staff has turned all the fuss over his birth certificate into a fashion statement. they are selling t-shirts on the web side that shows the president's face on the front along with the words made in the usa. on the back is an image of the president's birth certificate from hawaii. one the white house produced in april in anttem to squelch accusations that he is not an american born citizen. the t-shirt is a

now, there is no clinical study that proves that yoga increases pregnancy rates in infertility patientsut research shows mind-body programs designed to reduce stress can help boost a woman's ability to conceive. >>> still on the medical front, the more coffee, the better at least for men trying to fend off prostate cancer. in a new study, men who drank 6 or more cups a day had a 60% lower risk of developing the deadliest form of the disease. even just one cup offered protection from all forms of prostate cancer. researchers believe it's anti- oxidants that play the role, not the caffeine. >> hm. >> ah! [ laughter ] >> three more to go. >>> 25,000 big macs and he is still eating. a 57-year-old wisconsin man started eating big macs back in 1972. he was eating nine a day back then. now he cut back to just one or two he just ate number 25,000. he says he is healthy. [ pause ] >> i have to have my cholesterol checked a couple weeks ago, it's 156. that's the third time i had this check in 1997, 158. in 2003 it was 140. there is nothing showing me that my cholesterol is going up. >> and yes, h

. >> one of the things that your very candid about is your struggle with infertility.t taught me not to give up. we start saying what we want, and then we give up. you know, i never gave up. it took me six years. they told me i would never have her. it's by far the greatest creation of my life. >> you have such a positive energy. if you could give our viewers one message, one tip on finding that light inside yourself and learning to love yourself, what would it be? >> to choose to be your authentic self and never, ever apologize for who you are. >> i understand that you want to be on "dancing with the stars." is that true? >> everybody wants me to be on. i would go for it. >> i love it. thank you. i want to see you bust a rumba, dee wallace. >> okay. >> thank you so much. the book is truly inspirational. we'll be right back. [ kimberly ] when i was 19, i found myself alone with two children and no way to support them. people told me i wasn't going to do anything. and i just decided i have more to offer than that. i put myself through nursing school, and then i decided

but it's not always easy. 7.3 million women suffer from infertilit infertility.ceive, their long paths to parenthood can be painful. >> every time you get the phone call that it was unsuccessful, a little part of you dies. >> reporter: for eight years, holly underwent dozens of unsuccessful fertility treatments, it caused your severe weight gain and embarrassing mood swings. >> so hard to not let your mind go to bad places when you've been so unsuccessful for so long. but you try to keep your mind and body open to the fact that you will have a family. it's emotionally and physically draining. >> reporter: she was about to give up, until one day at the nyu fertility center, she heard about a fertility yoga class that would change everything. >> if somebody said a support group to me, i would have said, no way. but fertility yoga, it's a lot of like-minded people. you share your stories. it became a support network. >> reporter: it helps balance mind and body. for an hour every week, hopeful moms-to-be just like holly use age-old focus to reduce stress. >> it provi

. >> now there is a guy's guide to infertility. >> it's called what he can expect when she's not expectings familiar it's because he is the son of prolific song writer, and his wife samantha is with us as well. you have had quite the journey -- >> with a happy ending. >> a couple happy endings. but when you were going through this process, how many times -- >> ten ivfs. 15 artificial inseminations. >> you say there is nothing specially for men. what can men take away from your book? >> being an active member of the process. men can be embarrassed and ashamed. so the book is an attempt to give hope to the men and couples out there. >> there are millions out there? >> 6 million couples going through this. and we have seen so many couples whose marriages have suffered or broken up. and it can make or break a marriage. so the book is geared towards helping the men and women and couples find a way to make it survive. >> you guys wound up with a happy ending. >> we have twin girls who are eight years old. >> through a surrogate. >> i describe that in the book as a womb for rent. it was really a