Infertility is 'a special kind of hell' for military couples

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Infertility is 'a special kind of hell' for military couples

View Gallery (3 images) Sallie Bailey pushes the air out of her Follistim pen, a syringe containing fertility drugs, before giving herself an injection as part of an in vitro fertilization cycle. Bailey and her husband, Marc, an Army major, have worked with numerous doctors over the last three years in an attempt to have a child, but so far have had no success. Courtesy of Sallie Bailey Lightbox link Lightbox link WASHINGTON — Army Maj. Marc Bailey and his wife, Sallie, never thought they’d have to wait this long or spend this much to have a baby. As of June, the couple had spent three agonizing years and $35,000 unsuccessfully trying to get pregnant. The effort has nearly exhausted their retirement savings and their patience. “This is hands down the worst thing we’ve ever been through,” Sallie said. “When you start having fertility problems, it consumes your life.” Since ...

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@DrPhilWerthman » 04 Oct '12, 4pm
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@lryan98245 » 28 Sep '12, 6pm
More baby-killers-as-victims journalism, today's enemy: infertility [link]
@SouadDreyfus » 28 Sep '12, 3pm
For military couples, the demands of service add an extra level of complication to infertility: [link]
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There is 'a special kind of hell' for military couples -- and it's not deployment. [link]
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RT @LeoShane: For military couples struggling to have children, infertility is "a special kind of hell" [link]