Quotes tagged ‘Fertility’

“I worried that my endometriosis was a curse meant to tell me I didn’t deserve a child. She nearly spat. “Nobody deserves a child.””

— Lena Dunham, harpers.org

“Assisted reproductive technology gives women hope, but it’s no magic wand. I have learned this the hard way.”

— Ruthie Ackerman, nytimes.com

“Could this really be true? Could the basic premise of five torturous, expensive, and sad years’ worth of IVF—the very cornerstone of Western medical reproductive orthodoxy—be wrong? Could I still have good eggs?”

— Elizabeth Katkin, marieclaire.com

“I am firmly convinced to-day that, generally speaking, it is in youth that men lay the essential groundwork of their creative thought, wherever that creative thought exists. I make a distinction between the wisdom of age—which can only arise from the greater profundity and foresight that are based o…”

— Adolf Hitler, amazon.com

“At times I’ve resented straight couples for the ease with which they create life — wondered why I should have to clear such a high bar to have even one child when, say, the Duggars can have 47.”

— Katie Heaney, buzzfeed.com

“She missed her period? Oh my god. I can't believe it! I'm a father! I did it! My boys can swim! I can do it! I can do it!”

— Elaine Pope, Larry Charles, George Costanza, Jason Alexander, imdb.com

“Sperm is ridiculously expensive: It’s about $700 a vial. I realized we’d spent $11,000 on sperm. I worked at a university at the time, surrounded by all these young men. I was just imagining that there was so much sperm around me, at all times of the day. All free! And I was going broke, buying thou…”

— Katie, thecut.com