A strange discovery

My husband and I were confirmed in the Catholic Church last month.  Something I didn’t really consider was the impact this would have on our infertility journey.   

I’ve been a bit hesitant to even think about IVF throughout this entire process, but I knew it was a possibility.  I’ve touched briefly before about the teachings of the church about fertility treatment and surrogacy, but I don’t know if I talked about IVF.   

Because of the views held by the church about the sanctity of life, when life is created, and the purpose of the marital relationship the Catholic has all but said no to IVF (and many priests and such have said no though I haven’t found any official statements from the Pope himself).

This isn’t something that bothers me, I’m not morally opposed to IVF and I have friends who have wonderful children who were only conceived through IVF.  Also since I still haven’t decided if IVF is even something I want to consider taking it off the table as an option hasn’t been difficult, though I haven’t really talked about it with hubby I don’t think he was there yet either.  

But here is the part that I didn’t consider.   Most of the blogs and podcasts about infertility act as if IVF is the natural “next step”.   They assume that everyone will eventually be open to trying it if it is within their financial ability.   

I’m not sure how I fell about that.  

So as an FYI about this blog—I am not against IVF.   I think that it is a wonderful scientific discovery and that children conceived through IVF are as much a blessing as children conceived on day one off of birth control.  

However—I am going to do my best not to refer to IVF as a natural next step.   The more I delve into research and the more factors I see that are probably in play in my own life the more obsessed I become and the deeper I dig and the more information I want.   

Just this week I discovered a podcast talking about B-12 deficiency and baselines and the effect they have on not only fertility but other health markers.   

                So now I’m off to go down the B-12 rabbit hole.