Hi,
My wife and I have been trying to conceive for nearly 6 years. We are now approaching our mid-30s, and are undergoing infertility treatment.
As Christians, we are trying to prayerfully pursue God's will in all of this. This has brought us closer to the LORD.
We have tried several rounds of artificial insemination, and last month we tried the injectable meds (Gonal-f). It failed. This month the meds have worked "too well" for safe insemination -- that is we are running the risk of triplets or more if we pursue artificial insemination. Our specialist recommended either abandoning treatment this month due to the risk, or IVF vs. AI.
I have been clear that the only way I would agree to IVF is if we only attempted to fertilize 2 eggs and transfer what we get into my wife's uterus. This is not as highly likely to result in success, but there is a chance and I am not comfortable discarding or freezing embryos (or pre-embryos). The specialist and my wife agree to this, but I still feel that I am doing something that is wrong by not "waiting on the LORD." Maybe He is in this and it won't work if He's not, but I am running through the what if's. Can anyone relate? I also have ocd and am a member of that support group through CF, so any decision is hard for me and I obsess over being right with God. I thought that background might be good for context.
Any insight or response is appreciated. Thank you,
Marc
My wife and I have been trying to conceive for nearly 6 years. We are now approaching our mid-30s, and are undergoing infertility treatment.
As Christians, we are trying to prayerfully pursue God's will in all of this. This has brought us closer to the LORD.
We have tried several rounds of artificial insemination, and last month we tried the injectable meds (Gonal-f). It failed. This month the meds have worked "too well" for safe insemination -- that is we are running the risk of triplets or more if we pursue artificial insemination. Our specialist recommended either abandoning treatment this month due to the risk, or IVF vs. AI.
I have been clear that the only way I would agree to IVF is if we only attempted to fertilize 2 eggs and transfer what we get into my wife's uterus. This is not as highly likely to result in success, but there is a chance and I am not comfortable discarding or freezing embryos (or pre-embryos). The specialist and my wife agree to this, but I still feel that I am doing something that is wrong by not "waiting on the LORD." Maybe He is in this and it won't work if He's not, but I am running through the what if's. Can anyone relate? I also have ocd and am a member of that support group through CF, so any decision is hard for me and I obsess over being right with God. I thought that background might be good for context.
Any insight or response is appreciated. Thank you,
Marc
