IVF

We’ve always wondered: why do people not talk about their infertility? We certainly didn’t for a long time. Embarrassment? Shame? It seemed like everyone was able to effortlessly do what we had dreamed of for years. It seemed that way. When we first decided to start Bottles & Banter, it was a way for us

There are several things people “know” right off the bat when it comes to family planning, conception, and infertility. It’s a women’s issue, certainly not for men to discuss Infertility is all about the woman Men are along for the ride – when the woman wants a child, the couple wants a child Adopting is apparently

After the initial shock or disappointment or [insert emotion here] wears off, many couples are faced with some very important and often expensive decisions. The cost of infertility is very wide ranging; from just taking Clomid and using timed intercourse ($10 with a prescription) to to full on in vitro fertilization (IVF) running in the $15,000+

As many of our recent posts suggest, we recently went through IVF to give us this little girl who is due in June. I thought it would be nice to talk about what it’s like going through IVF. It’s good information to have not only for those who are thinking about it themselves, but also