Infertility
Strikes All Income Levels
 And infertility treatment is a rich person's sport.
It can suck thousands of dollars out of the family budget
with no results whatsoever. And even if it does work,
it can leave you in debt, and less able to care for
the child it gives you.
Don't get me wrong - I have a lot of respect for
the marvels of modern medicine, and I know that I would
not be alive without them. But fertility treatments
are not generally covered by insurance, and the cost is astronomical.
They are simply out of the budget of many people, no
matter how badly they want a child.
Statistically, people who choose infertility treatments
do have a little better success than those who "just
keep trying". But the margin of difference is not
terribly high. And there are things that can affect
fertility that a doctor would never pinpoint, because
while they can often identify the source of the problem,
they have a harder time identifying the cause.
For many families, affording a child is not a difficult
thing. But affording thousands of dollars of medical
care with no real assurance of it working, and no idea
of where it will end, is not possible. The thought of
it becomes overwhelmingly depressing. It hurts deeply
to feel that there will be no medical miracle for you,
that you are exempt from the promise of help.
Sometimes it is as simple as a prescription of Clomid,
but very often, it is much more complex, and even diagnosing
the source of the problem can be very expensive.
There ARE things you can try. And there are ways
to improve the odds, that do not require a doctor to
do. Some are highly controversial, some are very simple.
And there are no guarantees. It may be difficult to
know what to try, or what to discontinue, and you may
never be able to fully identify the source of the problem,
so it can be hard to know the potential treatments to
try.
Still, if you cannot afford to consult a doctor about
the problem, or if you have, and they have just scratched
their heads in puzzlement, then it may be worth selecting
a few careful and well-considered options and giving
it a try. I know from personal experience, that great
progress can be made from dietary changes and behavioral
changes.
We have done our best to provide accurate and helpful
information, and to only list those things which we
feel are safe and healthy options. The issues are not
simple, and we are not licensed medical professionals.
Do your own research outside of this site as well, and
if you have medical conditions which might be affected
by the choices, please consult your family physician
before making changes.
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