I am a 36-year old woman who's tried for five years to get pregnant using both traditional and medical/artificial means. My husband and I have been married for almost 12 years, and are also in the process of trying to adopt a little boy from Vietnam (but it's not going well). Despite being able to belt out a whooping 22 eggs during a retrieval and husband's super sperm count, and after taking...
Nuclear Medicine Technologist and mother of 4. Lover of science and God. My daughter Carleigh was diagnosed with anencephaly at 22 1/2 weeks gestation. I carried her to term and it was one of the most beautiful and blessed experiences of my life.
Creating families. For many, families an easily attained lifetime achievement. But too many others are unable to realize parenthood because of fertility issues. Alternative Reproductive Resources helps make parenthood possible. Since 1992, our agency has been creating a community, including trusted medical professionals, intended parents, and the egg donors and gestational surrogates whose...
After a heart-breaking struggle with infertility, we conceived our identical twin girls through IVF. They suffered from life-threatening Twin-to-Twin Transfusion in-utero, causing me to undergo laser surgery, and 13 weeks of bed rest, 10 of which in the hospital. Every day for a long 13 weeks, we wondered if we would be among the mere 50% of TTTS cases where both babies make it. Our daughters...
