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S01 Episode 5: The Outcomes

The Retrievals

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The End of Fertility Treatment

Of the 12 women I spoke to, only one did not have a child after all of this. One stopped for two years before being ready to start again at a new clinic. Being a fertility patient is both a privilege and a trial; it involves submission and control. In the end, the central ambivalence for some of the patients is a simple and powerful one, anger and gratitude.

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