The Heart's Desire. Gina Kolata.
by Kolata, Gina; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 16Family. Publisher: New York Times, 2004ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Fertility clinics | Fertilization in vitro -- Human | Human reproductive technology | Infertility -- Treatment | Medical care -- Cost of | Miscarriage | Parents | Pregnancy in middle ageDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Leigh Todd spent four years and $300,000 to have a baby. She saw 10 doctors and sought help at medical clinics in New York, Chicago and Las Vegas. And while Ms. Todd says she had no idea what she was in for when she began her quest, it did not take long before she was sucked into a world of tests and treatments, conventional and unconventional, doing whatever it took, paying as much as was asked....Her story is far from unique....More and more women are entering the fertility vortex and finding that despite themselves, they will go as far as needed, spend whatever they can scrape up, take out second and third mortgages on their homes, and travel across the country and even overseas for tests and treatments, all in the hope of becoming pregnant." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article reports that "some experts worry that the fertility frenzy has gone too far" and that many women "are vulnerable and desperate, and all too easily convinced that the next test, or the next clinic, might work miracles." A sidebar explains the reasons for higher infertility rates as women age.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Heart's Desire, May 11, 2004; pp. n.p..
"Leigh Todd spent four years and $300,000 to have a baby. She saw 10 doctors and sought help at medical clinics in New York, Chicago and Las Vegas. And while Ms. Todd says she had no idea what she was in for when she began her quest, it did not take long before she was sucked into a world of tests and treatments, conventional and unconventional, doing whatever it took, paying as much as was asked....Her story is far from unique....More and more women are entering the fertility vortex and finding that despite themselves, they will go as far as needed, spend whatever they can scrape up, take out second and third mortgages on their homes, and travel across the country and even overseas for tests and treatments, all in the hope of becoming pregnant." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article reports that "some experts worry that the fertility frenzy has gone too far" and that many women "are vulnerable and desperate, and all too easily convinced that the next test, or the next clinic, might work miracles." A sidebar explains the reasons for higher infertility rates as women age.
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