There are a host of surgical techniques designed to repair or circumvent damaged organs. But these technical solutions can be hugely expensive, and they don't always work. Even the least invasive procedures require repeated doctor's visits, daily injections, disrupted work and social schedules, and considerable sums of money that may or may not be reimbursed by insurance. After every such attempt, the worried woman plays a waiting game in which hope and despair alternately show themselves. Your sex life becomes a science experiment.
Some techniques also carry their own ethical burdens.
Even though they've really lowered the cost of a lot of these procedures and made it a lot easier, a lot of them just don't want to go down that road. Deb Thomack and her husband, Jeff, had to make that decision, too. After years of struggling to have a baby, they were finally told by specialists at the University of Michigan health center that Deb had polycystic ovarian disease and would never be able to conceive. The news forced her to confront some things about herself, she said - particularly her failure to live out her own beliefs as a Christian. But I also began to realize I had to get on with my life.