Why Americans lack adequate access to fertility treatments
My husband and I are that one in eight.
When we decided to start our family in 2017, I was 29 years old and expected that having children was par for the course after I got married. We soon discovered that I had a low ovarian egg reserve and my husband had poor sperm count and quality.
For the next 18 months we went through some of the most challenging moments of our marriage. At times I didn’t think we would stay together. It nearly broke us.
We ended up doing two rounds of in vitro fertilization, more commonly known as IVF. One round was covered by my company’s insurance, but the other was not, since I had exhausted all my benefits with the first round. Throughout our process we received questions from family and friends such as, “How are you paying for this? Isn’t it expensive?”
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Next week is National Infertility Awareness Week and a Florida woman is helping to raise awareness about a rare condition that isn’t talked about a lot.
(BPT) - If you re having trouble getting or staying pregnant, know that you re not alone. In honor of National Infertility Awareness Week, CCRM Fertility â a global pioneer in fertility treatment, science, and research â is empowering prospective parents with information to help positively impact their future. Here are five fertility-related culprits that could be the reason youâre not getting pregnant.
1. Age-related infertility
While many women are delaying starting a family to focus on their careers, education, and finding the perfect partner, it s a biological fact that as women age, their egg quantity and quality decreases. Board certified Reproductive Endocrinologist Dr. Dorette Noorhasan of CCRM Fertility explains, as a woman ages, she is more likely to have aneuploid (chromosomally abnormal) embryos, which are unlikely to implant in the uterus or they will result in miscarriage or chromosomal disorders.