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Tried IVF, didn't work. Can't afford to try it again, and it was painful and unpleasant for my wife, and deeply saddening for both of us afterwards.
What you convince yourself is unimportant is that 75% of people don't get a baby. But you pretend you'll be in the 25% that get one.
Sadly, we didn't buck the odds, and the pain is hard to express.
I wouldn't stop anyone going for IVF, but I'd want the companies that so happily take our thousands of pounds or dollars for their own large profits, to re-invest more into supporting the failed cases.
In this country (UK) there are not many kids for adoption, and almost no babies. If you adopt, you will most likely be looking at taking on a 5-12 year old kid who's been in care for some time, has a much higher than average chance of being abused, having special educational needs or disabilities.
The idea that there are thousands of women lining up to hand over "unwanted" new-borns vanished with the legalisation of abortion. Statistically, Juno doesn't happen, people.
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