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The idea of doing IVF in Mexico came from Reddit. Reddit has been my best friend through all of this. It’s where I found people whose stories looked like ours. People who spoke honestly. People who helped me understand what was happening and what options actually existed. When I realized we didn’t have to go into crushing debt to try IVF, it felt like a light turning on. I didn’t have to return to the clinic that had already taken so much from us. I could research. I could choose. I could...

We’re at what feels like the halfway point. The space between years of trying on our own and whatever comes next. The years behind us were filled with month after month of disappointment. The year before IVF was the hardest yet. Two rounds of IUI. One canceled after making it all the way to the trigger shot. Countless blood draws and ultrasounds. Hours of driving to and from the clinic. First, bad news about my husband’s numbers. Then, bad news about mine. We worked with the most expensive...

(Yes, fun. Or at least interesting.) IVF is heavy. It’s emotional, expensive, exhausting, and often overwhelming. But along the way, you start learning things you never expected to know. Some of them are strange. Some are fascinating. Some are oddly comforting. So here are a few facts about IVF that surprised me. IVF has been around longer than you think. The first IVF baby was born in 1978. Which means IVF is not new, experimental, or some futuristic science project. Millions of people...