We wrapped our heads around IVF and started doing research, making consultation appointments with places locally. So you can do the tests and figure out what’s wrong, or you can jump to the end game and do IVF.” (Here are 13 things no one tells you about IVF.) But regardless of what we find, the end game for all potential issues is IVF. So our doctors said: “We could do $20,000 worth of tests, because this isn’t covered by insurance. It wasn’t like I was getting pregnant and losing it I was just not getting pregnant. We tried some medications, and did six cycles of intrauterine insemination. MORE: 9 Things No One Ever Tells You About Getting An IUD After a year, when I still wasn't pregnant, we decided to see a doctor. We took herbal fertility remedies, and we tried special diets. Right after we were married, I started keeping track of my cycles and we tried to time our intercourse with the times I was ovulating.
So I had a feeling getting pregnant was going to be an issue once we actively tried to grow our family. We were engaged for three years before we were married, and we hadn’t been trying to avoid a pregnancy during that time, mostly because I couldn't find a form of birth control that worked well for me and didn't wreak havoc on my hormones. My husband and I met when I was 20, and we got married after four or five years together.
Markie Ricks was 28 when she and her husband, Randall, first flew to Barbados for in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments.
