Assisted Conception Advice

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Hi Cindy,

actually I didn't take offence, but wanted to point out to you that many women who undergo IVF just don't have any other choice. It's not like women wake up and think "gee, I'd rather do IVF than try naturally" No one, including me, wanted to have to take drugs, do the injections, have the operations, spend all that money to conceive, when really, as a woman, your body should be able to do what it's supposed to. In this regard, IVF women already feel like failures because we need help to do something which should be a fundamental right of all women - to have a baby.

And I also wanted to point out that it's highly possible that among IVF patients, you would naturally find women with more health problems. In fact, cancer treatments can cause you to become infertile, so there would be an awful lot of cancer patients trying to have a baby via IVF. So naturally if you look at IVF patients, you're going to find a high incidence of cancer survivors/sufferers, and patients with other forms of ailments. I think it's a bit alarmist of your herbalist to suggest that IVF puts you at risk of cancer, especially when nothing indicates this. I also understand that you wanted to gather information after hearing this from someone, which is why I replied to say that nothing has been found to link cancer to IVF treatment. It was actually to reassure you. I also was mindful of the fact that there are ladies in this thread undergoing IVF as we speak, and that their situations are difficult enough as it is without having to worry about something that is, as far as we know, unfounded.

On another note, I do know that a lot of women here are trying natural fertility treatments, alone as well as in conjuction with IVF, so I'm sure someone will be able to help you. I myself went to a chiropractor, and saw an acupunturist, but I admit I wasn't game on trying herbs and stuff. I guess in my case, where I have blocked tubes, no amount of herbs were going to unblock them! Lol!

Good luck with your journey either way, Cindy,and I hope you won't need IVF after all!