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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‘Don’t lose hope’: Local woman shares story for National Infertility Awareness Week
Megan Spence spent the last five years trying to start her family
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This week health officials are working to bring light to the issue during National Infertility Awareness Week.
Megan Spence and her husband always looked forward to having a family of their own, but she never thought she would spend five years trying to get pregnant.
“It makes me emotional…just thinking about it,” Expecting Mother Megan Spence said.
After several failed treatments, Megan decided it was time to seek help.
“We decided that IVF was the next step for us but having that support and knowing like other people have been going through the same thing makes, I mean, it made me not feel alone,” Spence said.