l{"id":1221531,"date":"2023-05-01T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T07:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businesstelegraph.co.uk\/ivf-works-for-the-lucky-few-after-a-decade-i-finally-realised-i-wasnt-one-of-them-simran-chawla\/"},"modified":"2023-05-01T08:00:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T07:00:28","slug":"ivf-works-for-the-lucky-few-after-a-decade-i-finally-realised-i-wasnt-one-of-them-simran-chawla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businesstelegraph.co.uk\/ivf-works-for-the-lucky-few-after-a-decade-i-finally-realised-i-wasnt-one-of-them-simran-chawla\/","title":{"rendered":"IVF works for the lucky few. After a decade, I finally realised I wasn\u2019t one of them | Simran Chawla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- newscabal uk text -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8162386273903324\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3688094655\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-94xsh\"><span class=\"dcr-1y9qb16\"><span class=\"dcr-8l7iat\">I<\/span><\/span><span class=\"dcr-94xsh\">s it possible to become addicted to fertility treatment? When does spending tens of thousands of pounds on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/ivf\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">IVF<\/a> with no guarantee that it will actually work become a gambling problem? These are the questions I am searching for answers to as I meet virtually with a doctor from a top London fertility clinic. \u201cWomen are a mystery,\u201d he jokes. I smile politely into the tiny camera on my laptop. I had been considering treatment with his clinic and we have spent the last hour running through my history of infertility, or rather, in my case, incomplete fertility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-94xsh\">My husband and I have been trying for nine years to have a baby. I\u2019m quite good at getting pregnant, especially when we first started trying, but I can\u2019t seem to stay pregnant. I don\u2019t know why. And as it turns out, neither do the experts. I have spent years seeking their help, and because IVF wasn\u2019t available on the NHS in my area, I have paid thousands of pounds along the way in my relentless pursuit of pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-94xsh\">IVF can be an invaluable blessing, and I know so many people who have benefited from the treatment. But there are no guarantees. Despite the tremendous costs associated with private IVF treatment, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hfea.gov.uk\/about-us\/publications\/research-and-data\/fertility-treatment-2019-trends-and-figures\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority<\/a>, the average live birth rate for IVF patients under 35 is around 32% per embryo transferred. For patients older than 35, the stats decrease significantly by age. Those are pretty bad odds for success, but like thousands of women in the UK, I tried my luck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-94xsh\">Early in our journey, we were labelled as a case of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/infertility\/causes\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">unexplained infertility<\/a>\u201d. And while that sounds as if it should be an anomaly, in reality at least 25% of infertility cases in the UK today are classified as unexplained, a mystery.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"3dc97319-be74-4839-92a6-b9dec3f79e5b\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1t8m8f2\"><picture class=\"dcr-evn1e9\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 660px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 660px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\"\/><source  media=\"(min-width: 660px)\"\/><source  media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 480px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\"\/><source  media=\"(min-width: 480px)\"\/><source  media=\"(min-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\"\/><source  media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Acupuncturist performing Chinese acupuncture traditional medicine meridian complementary on a client\u2019s back \" src=\"https:\/\/www.businesstelegraph.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IVF-works-for-the-lucky-few-After-a-decade-I.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"267.05357142857144\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"dcr-evn1e9\"\/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"dcr-1d1r6yi\"><span class=\"dcr-17eagbs\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1hawncp\">\u2018Ovulation kits, fertility smoothies, maca powder, royal jelly, acupuncture, massages, coaches and countless pricey pregnancy tests \u2013 I\u2019ve paid for them all.\u2019<\/span> Photograph: Janine Wiedel\/Alamy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-94xsh\">For me, \u201cunexplained\u201d is the worst diagnosis of all. If I had one of the common causes of infertility, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2019\/dec\/02\/daughters-of-women-with-pcos-face-five-times-greater-risk\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">polycystic ovaries<\/a>, irregular periods or endometriosis, or if my husband had a male infertility factor, we could target the problem and treat it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-94xsh\">But after all the tests \u2013 and we\u2019ve had them all \u2013 we are painfully, extraordinarily, normal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-94xsh\">One clinic was honest in its assessment that it could not identify why our pregnancies wouldn\u2019t last, and advised me not to continue the physical burden of IVF. It refunded us part of the cost when its treatments weren\u2019t successful.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"b21c3b1f-2345-412d-9ba0-0b15f1d64574\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-11ra563\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:8,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2018\/jun\/18\/how-ivf-became-a-licence-to-print-money&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;How IVF became a licence to print money&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;b21c3b1f-2345-412d-9ba0-0b15f1d64574&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:1,&quot;design&quot;:7}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-94xsh\">Others were not so kind. Treatment at the most expensive clinic I went to, a Harley Street stalwart, left me physically bruised, financially depleted and none the wiser. My final interaction with them was a 15-minute consultation, weeks after my failed cycle, in which the doctor shuffled through my papers and said: \u201cIt should have worked, we did everything right. Try again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-94xsh\">And so, I did.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-94xsh\">But after further unsuccessful cycles, I started to realise that IVF treatment is more art than science. My experience was that IVF is experimental, each clinic offering different cocktails of medicines, treatment plans and \u201cadd-ons\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-94xsh\">I tried every option available to me. Cycle after cycle, I gained weight, lost control of my moods, and for years I was anchored in a constant state of grief. But the urge to keep trying refused to disappear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-94xsh\">Despite my efforts not to fall for the promise of IVF again, curiosity and temptation got the better of me. Maybe another clinic could help? Maybe it could offer something new, something different, that the others couldn\u2019t?<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-94xsh\">And so, I found myself speaking to this new doctor on my laptop. \u201cYou are too young and too healthy to give up,\u201d he said. He suggested a strategy and a three-cycle package for us to consider. And so I tried again. I was meticulous in execution but despite our \u201cexcellent\u201d graded embryos and my healthy uterus, the cycles failed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-94xsh\">It was a painful reminder that this is how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2018\/jun\/18\/how-ivf-became-a-licence-to-print-money\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">fertility business<\/a> works. I could be tempted to pay thousands to treat an undiagnosed condition. A schedule of appointments, injections and procedures could offer me a comforting, yet false, sense of control in an otherwise bewildering experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-94xsh\">IVF clinics are a business first and foremost, and the private fertility industry in the UK alone is worth more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/fertility-treatment-a-guide-for-clinics\/a-guide-for-clinics#:~:text=The%20UK%20fertility%20market%20is,clinics%20where%20they%20have%20treatment.\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">\u00a3320m annually<\/a>. The model relies on patients like me trying, failing, then paying to try again. And again. And again. Until it works. Maybe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-94xsh\">It\u2019s not just the private clinics. Beyond sparse regulation, the booming fertility market is a free-for-all, crowded with pseudoscientific products aimed at desperate women. Ovulation kits, fertility smoothies, maca powder, royal jelly, prenatal supplements, acupuncture, massages, coaches and countless pricey pregnancy tests \u2013 I\u2019ve paid for them all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-94xsh\">It\u2019s irresistible when the one thing they sell above all else is hope.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-94xsh\">It took me nearly a decade, but I realised that IVF works for the lucky few, and I wasn\u2019t one of them. And so, I finally quit. I conceded that the toll it was taking on my body and my mental health was not worth it. I had vanished. My identity, my time, the light inside of me, all diminished. I decided I needed to regain control of my body.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"6b0a20f6-8c3a-45c8-9756-ce636af55522\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-11ra563\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:20,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2023\/jan\/04\/working-beauty-counter-self-esteem-makeup&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Working on a beauty counter had a devastating effect on my self-esteem | Elizabeth McCafferty&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;6b0a20f6-8c3a-45c8-9756-ce636af55522&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:1,&quot;design&quot;:7}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-94xsh\">I am considered a case of \u201cunexplained infertility\u201d because there are gaping holes in the scientific understanding of how life is created, why miscarriage happens and why some of us struggle to conceive, even in the best of circumstances. My doctor was right, women\u2019s health is still too often shrouded in mystery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-94xsh\">It\u2019s fair to say that my IVF days are over. But I won\u2019t give up hope of having a healthy baby one day. I also hope to see change in the fertility industry. I hope that assisted fertility becomes a less traumatic experience for patients; that more regulation is put in place to curb the ever-rising costs of treatment, and that \u201csuccess rates\u201d are calculated on personalised data based on patient diagnosis. I also hope for fairer marketing practices that would allow patients to make more informed choices, and for continued research to develop treatments with more promising success rates. Above all, I hope that society wakes up to this silent crisis in women\u2019s health happening all around us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8162386273903324\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7859258044\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2023\/may\/01\/why-i-quit-ivf-fertility-business-money\">READ SOURCE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it possible to become addicted to fertility treatment? When does spending tens of thousands of pounds on IVF with no guarantee that it will actually work become a gambling problem? 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