It’s Time To Stop Treating Assisted Reproductive Technology As A Quick Fix For InfertilityFast-tracking assisted reproductive technology for infertile couples isn’t always the solution it’s made out to be.BY: JORDAN BOYD
AUGUST 14, 2023
Human understanding of reproduction and childbirth has come a long way since God introduced labor pains in Genesis 3. Yet even after hundreds of years of scientific advancements — some that are far beyond the ethical standards a civilized society should hold — how some babies are made still remains a bit of a medical mystery.
We’ve all heard stories of couples who received what appeared to be a bleak infertility diagnosis but later became pregnant without intervention. Some classify these joyous anecdotes as a mere deviation or perhaps a misdiagnosis. Others, like Texas parents Jake and Megan Gigl, say it’s a miracle.
After several rounds of reproductive testing, all of which came back normal, Doctors determined the Gigls had only close to a 3 percent chance of conceiving each month. Shortly after learning that news, Megan began fertility drugs designed to promote ovulation. She chose to stop the pills because “they did not help at all.”
“We didn’t have an answer as to what was the problem. And so everyone would say, ‘Oh, we could try this, and it might up your chances a few percent,’ but month after month after month and just trying stuff like taking shots in the dark really wears on you emotionally,” Megan said. “Every month, you’re like, ‘Are we pregnant?’ It took a huge toll on my mental health.”
“It’s just insane to me that we can’t actually get a diagnosis,” Jake said. “Other than infertility, it feels like in the medical world, there’s so few things where they can say, ‘Yeah, we just don’t know what that is.’ There’s always something else they can do.”
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Source:
https://thefederalist.com/2023/08/14/its-time-to-stop-treating-assisted-reproductive-technology-as-a-quick-fix-for-infertility/
