Infertility is one of the top three stressors in terms o medical diagnosis. You will look at the pric tag and be intimidated 13,000 to 20,000 for one ivf age is the number one facto in predicting ivf succes rates. Im too young for that. The stress of infertility can destroy a woman. I realize i was having a miscarriage. We have been trying for ten years. Im chanel jones. From nbc news. Im a journalist and also a mom, wife, friend, sister ive listened to so many stories over the years about what happens behind closed doors. But i believe its time to com together and talk about it ive looped in some of my best friends and weve decided to share openly and honestly. Obviously this is happening to a lot of women. Especially black women just being able to help someone is why i want to tal to more people about it. Let people know. Every woman has a story this is ours i know each one of you in different ways, and i thin about we talk about the fairytal first comes love, then comes marriage and
13,000 to 20,000 for one ivf. age is the number one factor in predicting ivf success rates. i m too young for that. the stress of infertility can destroy a woman. i realize i was having a miscarriage. we have been trying for ten years. i m chanel jones. from nbc news. i m a journalist and also a mom, wife, friend, sister. i ve listened to so many stories over the years about what happens behind closed doors. but i believe it s time to come together and talk about it. i ve looped in some of my best friends and we ve decided to share openly and honestly. obviously this is happening to a lot of women. especially black women. just being able to help someone is why i want to talk to more people about it. let people know. every woman has a story. this is ours. i know each one of you in different ways, and i think about we talk about the fairytale first comes love, then comes marriage. and i think about my bridesmaids and all the girls that were behind me a
that i use a couple of times a day. after 30 something years, it takes a toll for someone to just dismiss yo and say yeah, i hear you re in pain, but just do this you start to think well, i guess this is a me problem fibroids an overgrowth of the muscle layer - about 80% of women will suffer from hybrids black women are at higher risk of developing fibroid s. there s gotta be a genetic component as to why fibroid do affect women of curle disproportionately unfortunately, there s not enough research behind that to really identify those layers and really identify particular genes. when i would lay down, yo
you have fibroids again. it s not a surgery that yo want to continue to repeat the impact of how you ar getting these removed. you can be mitigating this problem by causing a new one deciding we want to start family i m with my history knowin that i had fibroid s, said i m just gonna go to the doctor opinions all of the surgeries hav actually impacted the uterus t the point where i don t even recommend you have a baby. i just thought there was a complete lack of awareness for showing empathy. and essentially he was jus saying you should get surrogate. you don t know my financia circumstances. you literally have told me i have no other options. infertility is one of the top three stressors in terms o medical diagnosis. up there with cancer the stress of infertility ca make a woman question her ow being. you have friends and family
would kind of see this mountain, flat stomach, mountain i wonder what this is. that little mountain was the fibroid and i finally got name for it. now i can fix it what was supposed to be 30 minutes was six, seven hours when he went in he said it was endimitriosis lesion everywhere and when he came out, his firs comment to us was, how did you bear this for so long. and finally, somebody sees m and somebody can understan that i am not crazy after all. i actually my mind thought i paid my dues i ve dealt with the pain and i ve missed classes, i v rescheduled my wedding so when it s time to have family you have a family i never put two and tw together i didn t realize the spectru of infertility versus fertility. i remember at that time goin to a -