'Misconception' And The Realities Of Fertility Treatment

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🗓️ 15 August 2024

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According to 2022 data published by the CDC, birth rates declined for women 24 and under and rose for women ages 25 to 29 and even older from 35 to 49. For many women, having children later in life is made possible through fertility treatment.

That phrase encompasses a lengthy journey of testing and treatments. One that has many steps and many a dollar attached to it.

Kristen V. Brown is a health reporter. She went through the IVF journey in the U.S. and documented it in the new podcast "Misconception."

We discuss her reporting.

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0:24.0	People are having children much later in life.
0:35.0	According to 2022 data published by the CDC, birth rates for women 24 and
0:41.0	under have steadily declined since 1990, but steadily increased for women
0:45.8	ages 35 to 44.
0:48.4	For many, having children later in life is made possible through medical intervention
0:52.4	like fertility treatments.
0:53.7	Treatments that often have many steps and many dollars attached to them.
0:57.6	Here's what one of you shared.
0:58.9	Hi, my name is Paul.
1:00.3	I'm calling from Little Rock.
1:01.8	My wife and I struggled with fertility for a long time
1:04.6	when we decided to do IDF and the cost of getting it done here in the states is a
1:09.3	prohibitive. Here it was about $25,000 per treatment but my wife was able to find a place to get it
1:15.7	done in the Czech Republic and from beginning to end total cost was $1,200. So we flew to Prague and got the procedure done. Then two weeks turning Europe and came home and the
1:28.3	IBS was successful. So for about $4,000 we got a European vacation and a successful IDF treatment in the Czech Republic.
1:35.6	Paul, thanks for that message.
1:38.0	So what does fertility treatment look like in the U.S. and what costs are associated with those treatments. After the break
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