Mary Delgado, who had her first child years ago, learned she had endometriosis and that in-vitro fertilization (IVF) was her only option to get pregnant again. Facing the high cost of IVF, Delgado, on Medicaid, traveled over 300 miles round trip for a lower-cost procedure, utilizing savings intended for a home.
Years after she had her first child, Joaquin , Mary Delgado found out that she had endometriosis and that IVF was her only option to get pregnant again. The news from her doctor “broke me inside,” Delgado says, “because I knew it was so expensive.” Delgado, who is on Medicaid , traveled more than 300 miles round trip for lower-cost IVF , and she and her partner, Joaquin Rodriguez, used savings they’d set aside for a home. Their daughter, Emiliana, is now almost a year old.
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