Re: Second attempt at winning the infertility battle
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Dec 29 17:20:19 2008
I know of a couple that saved a baby from abortion, and that's how they
adopted. The young 16 year old mother decided not to go ahead with a
planned abortion.
Every day, women go ahead with abortion, when they'd love to have an
adoptive mother. You might contact a crisis pregnancy center. One of
them is Birthright.
At Mon, 29 Dec 2008, Ally wrote:
>
>Amy,
>
>I'm so sorry for your struggles. TTC with endo really sucks!
>
>I did have two unsucessful IUIs using my husband's sperm. Doctor has
>recommended IVF for us, but we are declining that option as we do not
>want to take any of the associated drugs required (ie. Lupron). We
>don't consider putting my health at risk worth it to have a baby.
>Natural IVF would be a great choice, but I've only been able to find one
>clinic in NYC that offers it.
>
>We are currently in the adoption process. Domestic adoption is cheaper
>than international and there is plenty of help out there to make it
>affordable for you. The biggest thing is that you can take an almost
>$11,000 tax credit on your federal taxes. Some states also offer some
>additional credits, plus there's all sorts of grants and financial
>assistance. If you want some of this info, I can get it to you! Also, I
>know that adoptions through the state agencies are usually free as these
>are usually older children or ones with special needs.
>
>The best part about adoption is that you have a way greater chance of
>sucessfully ending up with a child than IUI or IVF could ever offer :)
>
>At Mon, 29 Dec 2008, annie wrote:
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>>i am in the same boat. i was just diagnosed with endo after trying to
>>conceive for a year. i am getting lapro excision surgery on jan 7. i
>>have spoken to many women who have conceived naturally after excision
>>surgery- within 6 months some after 2 months. one women conceived after
>>2 months- her partner also had fertility issues as well as her with
>>endo. i have not heard of anyone conceiving with iui- i dont know why.
>>ivf has high success rates with endo. i would wait a little longer
>>before deciding. most women conceive within 6 months of surgery. if i
>>dont conceive after surgery, i will probably do a iui or ivf- after
>>researching both more. if surgery does not work, it may not be endo
>>that is preventing me, it many just be something else, in this case iui
>>may work.
>>At Mon, 29 Dec 2008, Amy wrote:
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>>>Have any of you ladies done IUI with donor sperm? My husband are one of
>>>those lucky couples that has fertility problems on both ends. We will
>>>have to use a donor and do IUI. I am still concerned that I may not be
>>>able to get pregnant because of endo. Has anyone had or know anyone
>>>that has had success with this?
>>>
>>>Thanks!
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