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After trying to get pregnant for nearly 15 months, my wife and I finally conceived and now have an amazing 5 year old boy.  We've been trying for four years for child #2.  My wife has been on clomed for several years and we've tried insemination half a dozen times with no luck.  We can no longer afford the treatment any more.  Nearing 40, we are both saddened that we do not have more kids-we both grew up in families of 6.  What doesn't make any sense to us, is that insurance pays for most birth control, but does not see infertitily as a medical problem.  Plus it's very expensive to do further fertility treatments-with no garauntee-or to adopt a much wanted child.  For now, we live day by day hoping for another child to come into the family.

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