Journalist Tamron Hall said that a part of the emotional journey of in vitro fertilization was the guilt she felt being able to afford the procedure.
More on the money topic, I get it: there are thoughts like, “You could be investing it better.” Since, the reality is that IVF isn’t a sure thing, if you look at it like an investment, it’s not a very safe one. Pregnancy and delivery success rates only rank around the mid twenties to mid thirties, percentage wise, for the first four rounds of IVF. Typically, we wouldn’t think an investment with a nearly 70 percent chance of failure was a good idea.
If it’s OK to be a single mother by in vitro fertilization, what is it then that’s so undesirable about a woman who has had children with a man she is no longer with?