Greatful for medical science

[daydreamernyc]

i was thinking the other day how new IVF really is. The first IVF baby was born 36 years ago and that was the first. It took some time for the process to become widely used. 

If my DH and I were in our parents generation, we would not have the opportunity to have a child of our own. 

I feel so luck and appreciative to have the opportunity toexperience this pregnancy. Just wanted to take a moment and reflect on that. 

[Deleted]

it's amazing to think about. i don't know where MH and i would be if we weren't able to use IVF for DD1. We are so thankful for the treatments and our wonderful doctors.

[SweetieShellie]

You are so right. My MIL & late FIL also had IF, and since IVF wasn't an option in Canada at the time, they adopted DH and his older (non-blood related) brother. Of course, I am so very thankful DH was adopted into a wonderful loving home. I am also glad that because we have IVF available to us, we have the chance to have our own biological children and DH will actually have someone that is a part of him

[astop87]

My grandparents struggled with IF and obviously had no choice but to adopt. I'm glad they did because otherwise my parents wouldn't have met up and had me! But I think about what I'm going through and feel sad that they never even had this same opportunity. I can barely wrap my head around the IVF haters out there. Seriously, how dare they on so many levels?! Science is truly awesome. Why let it go to waste when there are so many deserving people who will bring amazing little people into this world? I'm thankful everyday for this chance we have.

[sunshinedaisies]

I think about this a lot. Especially now that I know that both my aunts struggled to get pregnant. One aunt was able to have kids after 10 years and giving up, but my other aunt never had children. I wonder if things had been available for her if it would have been different. It also makes me grateful every day that I had the opportunities I had and I get to experience this pregnancy.

[lilyharper]

We've spoken about this extensively. We're so grateful for the science and to have found a RE who truly cared and was invested in helping us. And thankful for the women who were willing to try when things were so early and experimental.

[viola]

Absolutely amazing technology! I'm also very grateful that insurance companies are starting to provide more coverage (even though it's still lacking and I did write a very strongly worded letter to my state representatives about a year ago).
Once upon a time ART was only for the very well off and infertility was a condition of age.

[luvboston]

I am grateful for medical science it keeps me alive and has allowed me to have 1 miracle baby and one on the way but in the field of reproductive immunology we still have a long way to go. I hope in less time then it took ivf to catch on that RI becomes standard practice and is covered by insurance.

[daydreamernyc]

viola, I hear you on insurance! But society needs to continue moving people to recognize it as a medical condition and not a voluntary, elective person procedure.

lilyharper, those early, pioneering women. Scary stuff back then.

astop87, IVF haters..... I just don't understand them. There are so many parallels in medical science where they can make the same argument