I Want a Baby: Travel with a Purpose! 2 days ago The desire to have a child is not limited to income, age, sexual orientation, or geography. Research quantifies that fact that women from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) as well as from major European and American cities will travel to make a baby. The World Health Organization estimates that one in four couples in LMICs have fertility problems. Making a Baby It is estimated that 186 million couples in these countries (excluding China) have spent at least 5 years trying to conceive without success. While medical conditions are common to fertility problems in countries across the wealth spectrum, in some cultures, infertile women are often shunned by their families and excluded from social activities and cultural rituals. They are more likely to be victims of domestic violence or be divorced by their husbands. While infertility is just as likely to result from problems with the male reproductive system as the female, it is usually women who are blamed for the failure to produce a child.