Posted: May 03, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 3
Michaela Alexis, 35, has been trying to get pregnant for the past three years and has been told her probability of conceiving naturally was five per cent. She says the uncertainty around whether fertility clinics can stay open under the current COVID-19 rules is only adding to her stress.(Submitted by Michaela Alexis)
Michaela Alexis s stomach is covered in scars and bruises, a necessary evil of injecting herself with hormones as she races to get pregnant in the short window of time she has left.
The 35-year-old Ottawa woman has battled infertility for the past three years. She s undergone intrauterine insemination, surgery for her severe endometriosis and now in vitro fertilization.