Hacking Nature - my IVF blog

I don't know where to start this article from, because every time I think about this issue I get very angry at the unfair treatment that this doctor, rather scientist received. Dr. Subhash Mukhopadhyay has been the father of IVF in India, delivering a "test tube" baby 67 days after Louise Brown was born in Manchester, UK.  Somewhere around the late 90s, I first came to know of 'Durga', this girl conceived through IVF and a result of a successful experiment by Dr. Mukhopadhyay. I don't remember why this news was reported in the 90s, or in what context, but I remember my family discussing this at the breakfast table. They were upset that the recognition came after so many years and they were also angry at the Government and also at the family for not having the guts to come speak the truth. Especially at it caused the death of the scientist.  Fast forward many more years, I got in the IVF world after being diagnosed with PCOS and my husband having some...

As I mentioned before, it is difficult to rejoice when you are accustomed to the trials and tribulations of infertility. However, with each ultrasound done, and looking at the fetus growing with a good heartbeat, I am feeling the idea slowly sink in. Along with it are the common symptoms of nausea and going to the bathroom what feels like, after every couple of minutes. I am grateful for the symptoms, however uncomfortable they may seem, because the symptoms mean everything is going as it is supposed to. I am at the end of my 11th week now. It felt unbelievable when I went to the OB appointment at 8 weeks because I really didn't think that day would eventually come. It was something way down the road, clouded in uncertainty. Only the lucky ones get to go there, I felt. When my time came and I was handed the brochure, it was like a dream. Even now, when I am telling people that I am coming close to the end of my first trimester, it again feels incredible. Like really? End of t...