Tragic is the right word. I’m thinking of couples struggling to have kids, the pain they go through (miscarriages, feeling of letting each other down, the baby room that sits empty, unsolicited advise from friends, etc.). And the cost, the very high cost that is often not covered by insurance.
We did in vitro. It was expensive. I will never own a boat or a cabin in the woods because of it.
But I got a baby, and that’s all that matters. And as a bonus, The treatment plumped up my wife’s eggs and 15 months later we got a surprise baby out of the deal, too, for free!
And yet there are folks on FR who consider this an affront to God’s Law.