22 of January
2014 was published the information about long term investigation of infertility
in USA. The report was prepared by the Center for Disease Control and
Prevention - one of the US divisions which had a name Infertility Service Use
in the United States: Data From the National Survey of Family Growth, 1982–2010.
The total number of people applied for help to conceive
a child for 15 years, declined slightly more than a million. But at the same
time US population has increased from 263,2 million people in 1995 to 308,7
million people in 2010, on 17,3%. That is encouraging, and the dynamics of
references percentage gives a very serious decline from 16,03% from all
population to 13,25%.
The number of people who seeking for the treatment for
infertility at the age of 25-29 years increase on 1,5%. After all, sooner woman
and man seeking for help more chances of success they have. American citizens
start to worry about their fertility health from young age. By the way this a
fact confirmed by reducing the amount applied for the treatment of primary
infertility in 30-39 years.
But if we have good news about primary infertility
secondary infertility is right opposite. American men and women more often delay
with having second and next children. For that period the number the number of
people who applied at the age of 30-34 years has declined and at aged 40-44
years increased on 2.24%. Until the publication of this information, we did not
have actual statistics by the number of infertile with reference to statistics
of IVF – not in USA or anywhere in the world. Nowadays, we can look at the
actual numbers applied for by the method of artificial insemination in America.
In 2010 40,912 million people has asked for help in infertility treatment. 146 693 is the number of IVF cycle started in 2010.
So in total we can see in 2010 in USA there were about
3,59 IVF cycle from 1000 people who ask
for the treatment. It’s mean complex forms of infertility treatment do not
occur very often as we could think but
also medicine and the law should be adjusted according to the general trend -
the birth of the second, third child after age of 40.
In Mexico in Tabasco State in
the process of opening the Clinic of Reproductive Medicine they have loyal
laws, simplified registration procedure for the child, soft relation to the age
of the mother and prices which aloud American citizen use the service.
This pains how many of the infertile are there in the world. Not only the USA, but everywhere! God love poor things, this is a tough way to pass. Blessed we are to have all those fertility treatment options nowadays. We personally underwent ivfs and icsis - all failed, I miscarried. But surrogacy did brought us success!! never tired to thank our kind surro Lilia at Biotexcom clinic, Kiev.
ReplyDeleteSad truth, guys. After trying for so long, deep inside me the hope was already gone. But my heart wouldn't let me stop dreaming. I thought about giving up so many times. But my heart said NO every time. It hurt so bad to see women all around me with their bellies. I used to think to myself "I bet that she didn’t have to try very long." Oh what I would give just to see my baby’s eyes. I remember once a friend of mine told me "Maybe there is just no baby for you." How could she say that to me? Tell me, guys, how?!! Her words broke my heart. With all the little hope that was left she blew it all away!! I had so many dreams of giving birth. I actually realized in one of my dreams that I was dreaming. But those dreams gave me hope. My dh lied next to me every night and wiped the tears away. He came to the point he didn’t ask me anymore for the reason that I was crying. He just knew it! I didn’t know how much longer we both could do this. When was it time to give up? We had names picked out already. I did buy diapers, wipes, lotions, newborn clothes..Probably I sound mad now.. My dh didn’t know about the clothes, by the way. I think he would get mad at me. I did’t think he'd understand this. What could I do except pray every night for a little one? My faith was wearing thin. Somehow part of me believed that one day my prayers would be answered with yes.
ReplyDeleteWe're currently undergoing surrogacy treatment plan at BioTex. We've been already matched to the surrogate. I'm myself at a stimulation phase. Hoping to produce some good eggs for IVF.
Good luck and lots of baby dust to all of you precious women. I pray for all of you every night. I hope we all will get our little ones one day.
Our fertility declines over the years. and our eggs are not renewable unlike men's swimmers. The quality of a woman’s eggs is much more important in creating a healthy embryo. The reason for this is that the egg does most of the work in accepting the DNA from sperm. Unfortunately, as maternal age advances, the number of chromosomally abnormal eggs increases. There is also an evidence that low ovarian reserve is associated with poor egg quality!! My dr at bio texcom also explained that a past history of endometriosis and ovarian surgery may also reduce egg health and quantity. In the setting of IVF low AMH may be related to poor pregnancy outcomes. Egg quality may also be assessed during the IVF process by observing the capacity of an embryo to grow to the blastocyst stage. Treatments to improve the health of eggs may include: The increase in stimulating drugs to obtain more eggs. Addition of androgens and growth hormone in patients who are deļ¬ned as poor responders. Use of PGS of embryos for selection of the healthiest embryo. And as a final decision this might be egg donation, just like you've mentioned. Experts recommend that, if your embryos have made it to blastocyst and their quality is good, a single embryo transfer is done on the first attempt. In case it fails after the first cycle, your doctor may consider transferring two embryos.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately I’ve never been able to experience pregnancy myself. Due to fibroids in the uterus which sadly grew back, aged eggs of a very poor quality and the most heartbreaking thing of all – pregnancy is life-threatening in my case. We had to go donor egg surrogacy route. But here are some thoughts as for using them.
DeleteNo egg retrieval to endure.
When it’s time for genetic screening – less risk for down syndrome, trisomies, etc.
After heartbeat is seen the risk for miscarriage goes down to 7%.
I have someone to carry a baby when I am not able to.
So the main positive is being a mom and finally having the family I’ve always wanted!
I am a 35 year old, married woman who suffered from infertility. My husband & I have been married almost 8 years and have, unfortunately, suffered multiple miscarriages and an ectopic resulting in rupture and removal of both tubes. Not only was these losses physically tiring considering 2 of the 3 required major, emergency surgery, but they have scared me emotionally, psychologically & traumatized me and my husband to the core. Prior to the tubal I underwent tubal reconstructive surgery in the hopes to successfully conceive naturally without medical issues. We were wrong. 6 months after the surgery, I became pregnant with ectopic pregnancy. After severe hesitation on my end, I finally chose the doctor I would see for IVF & scheduled our consultation. It was great news to hear that I was the ideal candidate for IVF. She even gave us a 75% success rate & financially it was better than expected. Actually we passed 2 ivf cycles with them but never succeeded. Our shot#1 resulted in chemical pregnancy. Shot#2 – BFN. Those were not the outcomes we were expecting for having been given rather high success verdict before. So we decided to switch the clinics. Soon we found ourselves in Ukrainian Biotexcom clinic. Their specialists made further investigations for our case and came to conclusion my body is not healthy enough to carry pregnancy at all. We were adviced to move onto surrogacy. The whole process passed smooth for us. It took us less than 15 months to see our beautiful LO for the first time. Just one unexpected thing happened to us at the end. We had a small problem with our marriage certificate. The name in it one letter differed from the name on my passport. Our coordinator advised us with the issue. We had to obtain an official intermediate document confirming my identity. That was quite emotional, because a failure to provide such document might have caused the process delay. Thanks to the clinic's support the problem was solved.
ReplyDeleteWe are very thankful for all your support and care provided. You helped us to make our family complete. Great job, thank you!!
Can definitely relate. Whenever I thought about ivf I felt a wave of nausea and cry. The thought of seeing a child that is half my husband and half another women made me feel physically ill. I wanted to have a baby with my husband. And I wanted to be a mom!! But I failed as we needed a surrogate and donor’s egg, for his and someone else’s child.. I couldn’t get there for a long time. – How could I have a child that is half him and half some other woman’s running around our house?! I wanted to be ok with that. I wanted to feel that I could love and care for this child. Such decisions are never easy. I gave myself plenty of time. We travelled, talked to others sailing in the same boat, were looking for a suitable place.
ReplyDeleteOh, loves, here’s my intro. I’m 43 yo. Have ‘always’ had fibroids in the uterus. Although fibroids were once removed they did grow back. (This is just a possible thing). Later GP told me that pregnancy was life-threatening for me. I can’t find the words to describe how I felt then. Yet further investigations showed I had aged eggs of extremelly poor quality. That’s why our only route was donor egg surrogacy...
If you're having problems getting pregnant, you'd better see your GP. They will look at your medical history and give you a physical examination.
ReplyDeleteThey may also recommend some lifestyle changes to help fertility.The specialist will ask about your fertility history, and may carry out a physical examination.
You may have tests to check the levels of hormones in your blood and how well your ovaries are working. You may also have an ultrasound scan or X-ray to see if there are any blockages or structural problems.
Your partner may be asked for a semen sample to test sperm quality.
This is very important to investigate the reasons. This way you'll know what to expect without this doubting. Unfortunately time never plays on our side with fertility.
Fertility treatments usually involve many people into the whole process. You may feel from time to time like you're passed forward from hands to hands. You may think you get less attention as needed. We experienced the same. But looking back I'd say they did less with the previous clinic we were certain with ( They advised us to pass IUI, then ICSI shots with own egg - all the attempts failed and left us with nothing but 'we're sorry, maybe following round..'
This pushed us onto switching the clinics. Next time we found ourselves abroad passing ivf with donor egg. Our new experts told us my eggs were not going to work because of their poor quality. And they really couldn't understand the reason the previous one suggested trying IUI and ICSI with own egg..Experiences with clinics differ a lot. But that's for sure, the more you are confident with the place you're in the less stress you will face while passing the treatment.
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ReplyDeleteThis is quite saddening I should say. Of course, I know these numbers might have changed greately, but seems there are too many factors which may influence infertility. Being it the US or ay other country. Sadly, more and more people nowadays struggle infertility. We're among them. And personally I am not too open about my issues, so found this nice resort to let all my thoughts out and not be afraid of being judged or sth. It's always easier to hide behind the screen. Here's some of my story. Me 37, DH 36. TTC: 4 years. Endo&PCOS, low egg quality.
ReplyDeleteIVF-ICSI#1-#5 – all bfn. Thought to seek help through the third part assistance - surrogacy at Biotexcom in particular. Were amazed to have found out all their packages are all inclusive. Costs vary from 39-49k euros. It was a super great thing to know we had the coverage of success or refund. - A sort of inspiration, you know.
That's bad, guys. By all means. I hope the situation has changed already. But the fact's just fact. Women in the USA just like any other country tend to give birth to kids at quite mature age. The reasons for it might be very different. Health issues or unstable life or sth else. We can just think of some. But this very tendention is quite threatening, right? Meaning a lot of couples have to struggle for babies. Mostly for baby#1 at the age of 40+. Age plays a vital role for fertility. No wonder, starting a family at 40 is somewhat harder than at 25 yrs old, for example. I really hope the situation won't get worse in the future. So that more and more people could become happy with their little ones. Anyway, IVF is always a nice way out. And surrogacy as the last option.
ReplyDeleteThis aches so much..Not only because of the real numbers in the USA. But for the whole situation so many of us face nowadays. We know just about some rough statistics about infertility. But no one knows exactly, how many struggle the problem alone..because they don't have enough financies to apply for the IVF or some other treatment. And this is heartbreaking. There are so many of thoe who're fighting desperately. With no luck. but they keep on moving the way they can. I'm so much thankful to Biotexcom clinic which has invented the ''guaranteed''plans for the patients. It means there's the coverage if no success. It's 100% coverage, so there's no need to worry where to get more money for more treatments. Besides fertility tourism is really useful nowadays. People travel more and more for more afforddable prices and more attractive sets of services. We've travelled too. Don't have a single thing to regret about.
ReplyDeleteI totally understand what you're talking about. This is the ''standard of living'' Women want to become more independent before having kids. I cannot judge this position, because this way ladies don't worry about how to raise their kids in case it's a divorce or relationship broken, or some other reason. They are sure they're stable in life and can give their kids everything needed. And for this very ''insurance'' they have to work hard and long and up to 40 yrs old mainly. So that's why it's 40+ when they start consider seriously ttc. No wonder it usually taes a bit longer than expected to get prego at this age. There are too many reasons for this. Age provokes egg quality derease, also their count. We start get investigated for more diagnsis, like cysts, pcos, endo, DOR, POF..whatever..I would like to say everything should be made in time. But unfortunately life's such we really cannot plan more. We cannot rule over some things. and having kids are definitely among those..We applied for help at BTC, did right.
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