add oh, say, six more kids to that expense. Without corporate sponsorships,

public aid, and donations, maintaining a livelihood with this size brood would

be nearly impossible. So why do couples pay out thousands of dollars to

fertility drug companies in the hopes of becoming mired in this sort of

situation? The draw of having one perfect child is overwhelming to couples

who are unable to produce any naturally.

Fertility drugs make this impossible dream come true for some people.

A tiny sliver of the people who subject themselves to all the poking,

prodding, and injecting of fertility drugs actually find themselves pregnant.

Couples who have the desire (and the cash) to become pregnant can choose

from an ever-widening variety of pills, shots, and procedures. Costs for

these are astronomical, because this area of medicine is still unregulated by

Even with the elimination of the ethical aspects of this topic it is a

sensitive debate, filled with emotional issues. Can a doctor be responsible

for the miserable existence of a 10oz. baby? Is there a way to stop the

research are a $2 billion a year industry. (Newsweek) A couple that finds

injection stimulates the ovaries to produce the eggs. Daily ultrasounds check

neurological and behavior disorders, bleeding of the brain, and lifelong

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