How we found our way through our fertility issues while working in academia
Continually testing negative in pregnancy tests can take a huge emotional toll on those trying to conceive children.Early in an academic career, when job instability, long hours and high pressure are part of the experience, many people understandably choose to delay having children or not to have them at all. But delays can increase the risk of infertility, forcing people to face the prospect of having to change their view of the future entirely.
A.B. conceived her first child naturally when she was in her mid-thirties. She assumed the same would be true for her second. But as she approached 40, she ended up having multiple rounds of IVF, and experiencing cancelled cycles, a failed implantation and a miscarriage. This left her emotionally and physically exhausted. Although she eventually gave birth to another child, the journey through infertility took a significant toll at home and at work.
As researchers, we both felt that we could decide on treatment strategies and understand statistics without the input of fertility specialists. We read the literature, checked out numbers, decided on our own plans and sometimes predicted outcomes. People with infertility are often left with many unanswered questions. There is a large literature base on how to deal with uncertain futures , but whatever strategy works for you, it is helpful to remember that rejecting or accepting uncertainty has no bearing on what will eventually happen.
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