Category: Fertility and Finances
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Why Is Donor Sperm So Expensive?
In my last post, I lamented the fact that my wife and I are temporarily postponing starting our family due to the recession and the cost of sperm. If you have romantic ideas about buying sperm from a lovely bank and getting knocked up, you may not want to read on for fear of bursting…
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Why A Home Birth? It’s All in the Numbers
Freedom of Choice: For those who believe in women’s freedom of choice about pregnancy, it’s time to think about women’s freedom of choice in birth. Though there are more birthing choices are available than ever before (hospital, birth center, midwives, home birth), there are 11 states where it is illegal for a midwife to attend…
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Penny-Pinching Pregnancy: Saying No To Expensive Tests
We didn’t have much cash to start with, but we just couldn’t wait. And then it happened on the first try. I’m 6 weeks pregnant but I didn’t get a blood test to confirm our pregnancy. Two weeks worth of intuition and symptoms, two pee-sticks and a missed period were enough for me. I don’t…
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Happy ending to Fertility & Finances category
Multiple fertility treatments: $15,600 Sperm donor and other fees: $5,000 Three IVF procedures: $34,400 Deciding to Adopt: $30,000 Becoming a parent: Priceless Since many of you followed our story (fertility and finances) over the last couple of years, I wanted to let readers know that our darling newborn son arrived on Monday. His name is…
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Fending off the Consumer Economy: Expecting a Newborn Baby
‘œYou will always be your child’s favorite toy.’ ‘“ Vicki Lansky I had a meltdown last weekend at Babies R Us. We were there doing research on the things needed come December. This is when our baby arrives. We’re adopting (in case you aren’t current with our two year fertility saga) and December is when…
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Funds to Form a Family: Adoption process begins. And so does the check writing.
‘œHowever motherhood comes to you, it’s a miracle.’ ‘“ Valerie Harper, adoptive parent There’s a saying that, ‘œLove makes a family.’ Money sometimes makes a family on top of all that love. Or at least a deposit of $4,000 begins the process. Technically, it’s labeled a ‘œretainer’ and we wrote the check on Saturday morning…
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Stepping Off Infertility Treadmill: Lesbians Consider Adoption
‘œWe go through what we go through to help others go through what we went through.’ ‘“ Emily Perl Kingsley Jeanine and I found out last week that our third attempt with IVF was unsuccessful. It was painfully hard to hear the news since this try had a certain finality attached to it. We’re out…
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Lesbian baby-making and expense of donor eggs
‘œLove and eggs are best when they are fresh’ ‘“ Russian Proverb Yesterday, the FedEx driver and recognizable sistah, dropped off the latest batch of medication flown in from the Freedom Fertility Pharmacy in Byfield, Mass. Tucked inside was a credit card receipt for $2362.59. For many, that’s the equivalent of a house payment or…
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Lesbians and IVF: Coping with the Cost of Infertility
“The decision to have a child is to accept that your heart will forever walk about outside your body.” — Katherine Hadley Jeanine and I have been trying to make a baby for over eighteen months and this latest round of IVF pushed us passed the $42,000 mark. We learned a couple of weeks ago…
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Blogging for LGBT Families Day: Making Babies
“The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.” — George Santayana Today is the second annual Blogging for LGBT Families Day, where the LGBT community and allies come together in support of our families. Queercents offers a couple of posts on the topic of money & family. Here is mine: So I haven’t written about our…
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