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COLUMBIA - More and more couples are waiting longer and longer to have babies, that means when the biological clock finally does chime, many women are turning to fertility specialist to complete the American dream.
This week's Your Health with Angie Bailey, shows us one family's struggle and success with fertility.
A ticking biological clock sometimes isn't enough. That's where science steps in and helps it along.
KOMU's Bonyen Lee reports while the use of fertility treatments is skyrocketing, the joy of conception is not guaranteed, but when it happens.There's nothing sweeter.
"Cause I'm cute." Marin Elmore said. Many can't argue. Marin's cute and packed with personality, but Marin's journey into the Elmore family wasn't the fairy tale pregnancy mom and dad envisioned.
Michael and Suzanne Elmore had to patiently pursue parenthood.
"It was several different tests, procedures, surgeries, ultrasounds, blood tests, trips here, doctor this, nurse that, phone calls, research," said Suzanne Elmore.
That was only the beginning "it's a scientific game," a game that lasted ten years for the Elmores - a game of life.
"We lost seven children while we were trying this," Elmore said.
A time in Suzanne's life that's somewhat off limits.
"It's devastating, it touches you in a place you don't talk about, it was very very difficult, very rough," Suzanne said.
She turned to fertility treatments for help.
She's among the millions in a world where pregnancy isn't the only thing on modern women's minds, making conception a more difficult process.
"Certainly one of the trends in the last twenty years has been the increasing age of the patient population that comes to the clinic because of women moving into the workforce, seeking professional careers and delaying childbearing," said endocrinologist Dr. Cassels.
That's where Missouri OB/GYN associates play a part and where Elmore came for help. It' one of three fertility clinics in Missouri helping women get pregnant later in life than ever before.
"There's almost no limit except those that we set to the age in which a woman can carry a child," said Cassels. "It's just generating her own egg to deliver that child that might be more difficult."
There are two types of alternatives:
Invitro fertilization - where a doctor mixes an egg with sperm and places the fertilized egg into the woman's uterus.
The other option: ffertility drugs - a series of injections.
But hopefully as the saying goes good things happen to those who wait.
Edited by: Jennifer Ayres
Reported by: Bonyen Lee
Published: Sunday, February 4, 2007 at 7:46 PM
Last Updated: Sunday, February 4, 2007 at 11:01 PM
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不育之战
COLUMBIA - More and more couples are waiting longer and longer to have babies, that means when the biological clock finally does chime, many women are turning to fertility specialist to complete the American dream.
哥伦比亚——越来越多的夫妇推迟越来越长的时间要孩子，这就意味着当生物钟真的开始鸣响时，许多妇女则求助于生育专家以圆美国之梦了。
This week's Your Health with Angie Bailey, shows us one family's struggle and success with fertility.
本周的“安琪.贝利与你聊健康”节目将向我们展示一个家庭为生育而战和最后胜利的故事。
A ticking biological clock sometimes isn't enough. That's where science steps in and helps it along.
有时仅靠“滴答”作响的生物钟是不够的，这时需要科学的介入和帮忙了。
KOMU's Bonyen Lee reports while the use of fertility treatments is skyrocketing, the joy of conception is not guaranteed, but when it happens.There's nothing sweeter.
KOMU的 Bonyen Lee报道说，当采用生育治疗的人数急剧上升时，即使怀孕，也并不能保证您享受怀孕的喜悦，已没有甜蜜可言。
"Cause I'm cute." Marin Elmore said. Many can't argue. Marin's cute and packed with personality, but Marin's journey into the Elmore family wasn't the fairy tale pregnancy mom and dad envisioned.
“我很可爱。”马林.艾尔摩说道。许多人对此并无争议，马林确实可爱，极富个性，但马林来到艾尔摩家庭可不是妈妈爸爸想象的神话般的怀孕过程。
Michael and Suzanne Elmore had to patiently pursue parenthood.
迈克尔和苏珊. 艾尔摩不得不耐心推迟他们做爸爸妈妈的时间。
"It was several different tests, procedures, surgeries, ultrasounds, blood tests, trips here, doctor this, nurse that, phone calls, research," said Suzanne Elmore.
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