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- Age 20
Married, just 3 years after my parents divorce, all
I want is to re-create a whole, healthy family unit.
We are doing everything right to conceive.
- Age 35
Fifteen years and $40,000.00 later, still no pregnancy.
All tests and exploratory operations have shown that
I am a normal, healthy woman. I have just Tried for
the Last Time, with the Best Infertility Specialist.
I am labeled Idiopathic Infertility; meaning I am
infertile without explanation.
Divorced by age 36. We finally broke under the strain.
Too many years of making love according to the thermometer
reading, before getting up in the morning. Then we
could only "do it" every other day to optimize
sperm count and motility. The last few years our specialist
has even encouraged me not to have orgasms. All passion
died a slow death.
My husband didn't want to adopt; I couldn't manage
without a child in my life.
- Age 40
Does the longing ever stop? I am a single woman, yet
feel my biological clock ticking loudly. With the
help of The Sperm Bank, I go through an IVF procedure.
Everything is normal, and my four fertilized eggs
are transferred to my womb! No pregnancy. They tell
me I am too old for another try at IVF. The chances
of conception are now below 15%.
I learn about Egg Donation. I am not ready emotionally
or financially for this $20,000.00 attempt. The waiting
list for Egg Donors in my region is two years. There
is still time as I am very healthy and only 43.
- Age 48
I am feeling at peace. I have heard worse stories
from those who have suffered their empty wombs. I
did not have multiple miscarriages, I didn't spend
over $100,000.00 on my attempts. It has been years
now since I shed tears over my infertility. Therapy
helped, time has healed.
Someday I will marry again and possibly have grandchildren
to nurture. Then again my husband may want a baby ...
There is still time. Hope springs eternal. |
