Martie Maguire Quotes

I went through about 13 rounds of IVF before I got pregnant with Salome; it was very tough.

My wife and I had been trying a while to have a baby. We tried a bunch of things - so we had a surrogate.

There are a lot of difficulties with people trying to conceive.

Not to be too detailed, but I've had an ectopic pregnancy, miscarriages and I've had fertility treatments. I've done all the stuff you can possibly do to try get pregnant.

People talk about the miracle of birth. No. There's the miracle of conception. I did IVF, but nothing happened. So I began to think of adoption, and then I got pregnant. It was definitely a miracle.

One-third of all female infertility is the result of blocked fallopian tubes. If fertilization could be done in the lab and then the fertilized egg implanted in the womb, it would get around that problem. Millions of women who cannot have children would suddenly be able to.

For people who have fertility issues - and certainly gay men have fertility issues - there's several options for having a child and surrogacy was one of them.

I went through years of unsuccessful fertility treatments, first in my hometown of D.C., then in New York City, where it finally happened - I got pregnant with my son, my miracle boy.

Most doctors want to keep their success rates high, so they'd rather deal with someone who is younger, who has healthier eggs and more of them.

One of my best friends had a tough time getting pregnant, and her situation had me really thinking about freezing my eggs.

We tell infertile couples all the time that are having trouble conceiving because of the woman not ovulating, 'Just relax. Drink a glass of wine. And don't be so tense and uptight because all that adrenaline can cause you not to ovulate.'

For anyone who has found it easy to conceive, it is perhaps hard to imagine how IVF can become all-encompassing in someone's life. The endless check-ups, scans, tests, periods of waiting and finally the day when you learn the result. It's a physically punishing process for the women and an emotionally exhausting process for both partners.

People with fertility problems are not alone. It is a very very common problem for couples today. I've seen statistics that are just staggering.

Thinking about women who can't have their own baby, even the first baby, I'm really lucky.

My motivation is my desire to help people. If people want to have children and cannot in the normal way, and I can do something about it, then I will do so.

I now need to take a very aggressive approach to having a baby.

Everyone has read about or knows someone who has gone through fertility treatments. It is an emotional nightmare, fueled by false hope and the promise of a treatment that will work.

It's actually very beautiful when you can't conceive on your own, you can actually go to the doctors and with science you can create a child.

I really thought I couldn't be a mum. We had tried several times with IVF,, and it hadn't worked and we'd given up in a way. We both thought, 'You know what, that's that. It's not going to happen - let's move on.'

I was told that there's near on a million to one chance that I would be able to have children.

I hope every woman out there who wants to be a mother and is suffering with infertility, will explore all the options and know that if you choose the science route, it is okay.

About 3 million IVF babies have been born since Louise Brown's birth in 1978. Bizarrely, when this life-giving treatment was first considered, it was massively controversial. A storm of vitriolic protest came from many religious leaders, journalists, politicians, regrettably even other scientists and doctors.

Both the egg donor and the infertile mother must abide by the religious codes regarding parenting.

Remarkable technological and medical advances allowed me to be a mom. But it is expensive and not always a viable or effective option.

Despite amazing advances in fertility to help older women get pregnant, the complications, increased chances of autism, and chromosomal abnormalities are significant considerations.