Is test tube baby suitable for me?

Question

i am in the 12th year of my marriage and didn;t concieve a baby due to some medical reasons, i am a working lady and planning to have a test tube baby this year, will it be good for me as i am 33 years old and my husband is 42. I am confussed, i think it is by passing the natural way of getting pregnant.Please help me.

Answer 1

Considering it's YOUR egg and YOUR husband's sperm, I see no reason to second guess it. The natural way for pregnancy to occur is to have a sperm join with an egg and implant itself into the mother's uterus. That is what's being done. If for some reason your uterus rejects the fertilized egg, then that would be nature's way of saying you're not going to be a mother this time. Go for it...and God Bless!!

Answer 2

If you are sure and your husband is sure you are making the right decision. IVF is a wonderful option if the natural way hasnt worked. You would not have any problems getting medical intervention that isnt natural for anything else - so why would this be any different. Once you get pregnant and have a baby it will make all the confusion go away.

Answer 3

We don't call them test tube babies anymore, we call them IVF babies. I'm 5 months pregnant with my first baby and it was conceived by IVF. Infertility treatments including IVF is a very long process that takes much energy, time and lots of money so this is not an easy decision to make. To go through something as big as this, you and your husband must really want to have a child as I know thats what most infertile couples feel. It's not just a matter of continuing your family line or because your relatives, your friends or people around you are pushing you into having a child because they think that's how it should be. A good ethical fertility center will evaluate you psychologicaly as well as physicaly to see if you can handle this whole process because it is not an easy one. The most important thing is, you must really want to have a child and you must really want to be a parent because at one point you will think if its all worth it.

A child conceived via infertility treatment by any means is a normal child like any other naturaly conceived child. It's just that unlike some people, some of us need an extra hand to help nature along its way. But the end product, the child itself is everything that you, your husband and family are as it will be your biological child. Perhaps your religion or family think it is unnatural but it is really up to you because only you know how bad you want to have a child and how it can enhance your life.

My baby is growing and flourishing beautifuly in my belly like every other naturaly conceived baby. It is the most incredible experience I've ever had in my whole life and I am so relieved that I have an option to have a baby through technology eventho nature decided that me and my husband cannot conceive naturaly. I went though hell the first 3 months of my pregnancy with all the vomiting and nausea, but oh my god it is all worth it. I thank God everyday that this is happening to me and I thank God that He has given us the ability to help ourselves even in procreation when we are not able to do it on our own. In my religion, we belive that every knowledge humans have is the knowledge from God.

The bottom line is, you must be prepared together to handle this process bravely and you must REALLY WANT to have children. There are many hurdles to go through and some of them are very painful, like the 2 injections you have to give yourself everyday and the egg retrieval procedure...you can read-up on all this over the internet and definitely talk to your doctor about everything and ask him to explain everything clearly so you know what exactly is happening to your body.

Together with trying to ovulate and getting pregnant, there are also other things like failures, miscarriages and side effects to all the medications you will be taking not to mention the countless blood tests, urine tests, scans, scans, scans....etc. Then when you do get pregnant, you will go through the whole pregnancy symptoms as well...so, its not easy and like I said, it takes a lot of energy, time and money. But if you really want it, it is all worth it. It is worth it just to feel your child moving inside you for the first time and to see it suck its thumb and kick its little legs in a scan, when only a few months ago you thought you might not never have a child....

Answer 4

you need to make a choice that both your and your husband are comfortable with. talk to you dr and make sure you know the risks of everything with ivf. depending on the medical reasons your chance of becoming pregnant with ivf could be very low. personally i would consider ivf as a way of helping the natural flow of things. if you believe that doing ivf is interfering with nature then maybe this is not for you. any good dr that will do an ivf procedure with speak with you at length about your concerns and the procedure itself and what is involved.

Answer 5

If you really want and have the urge for that baby then - GO for it and I wish you both the best! That child will be yours in every way no different than the next woman you will meet! Just a mmmm another way to make him/her happen! Best wishes to u both!