“I keep hearing that it’s not life or death, but for us it kind of is—it’s the difference between a living child or not.”
IVF On Hold
By the following week, most fertility clinics across the U.S. had followed suit, cancelling all new treatment cycles, in accordance withreleased by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine on March 17. The organization advised its more than 8,000 members to suspend all new treatment cycles of IVF, IUI, and egg freezing.
Unfortunately, the health crisis has only become more acute in the last two weeks. And for women who have already been waiting years to get pregnant, being asked to postpone treatments indefinitely can feel agonizing, especially knowing that their bodies or insurance benefits may not be the same when the wait is up. Insurance companies often impose additional requirements on women over 40, and may refuse to pay for treatment if they deem a patient’s chances too bleak.
“They haven’t said anything about restricting pregnancies,” Zook adds. “They haven’t asked anyone else to curb their reproductive practices, but for infertile people, it’s keep your head down and be good soldiers.”Many other women struggling with infertility also take issue with the fact that there is no general advisement against becoming pregnant andto COVID-19.
Reed wants the ASRM to give doctors more leeway to consider individual cases and circumstances. Though clinics are under no obligation to follow the guidelines, she argued that few doctors, herself included, are comfortable flouting the society’s recommendations.
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