Hmm. There is also a voluntary drop-off in fertility when children become more likely to live to adulthood. In the absence of high childhood mortality, parents choose to invest their resources into raising a couple of kids, instead of putting their effort into having babies.
That said, I really dislike the idea of fertility clinics—anywhere. I do not think it is a good idea for population health to try to overcome natural infertility. That only preserves the genetic factors causing infertility, with the result that those “bad genes” end up more prevalent instead of being weeded out. Fertility clinics have existed for a couple of generations now; how many more generations will it be before becoming pregnant naturally becomes the exception rather than the rule?
As long as you don’t fly in planes or even have surgery to correct any physical problem you have. And if you get hit by a car, I assume you just wish to lie there bleeding to death in the road as your deity intended.
Sheesh. Infertility is the same as any other medical problem and it is OK to seek help to become a parent. It made my life complete. Gd still created my wonderful children but medicine helped a little as it sometimes does. I hope no infertile freeper reads your post.
We just had a baby. We tried 8 years. Utilized many fertility treatments and regimes. It cost a sh\tload of money. It was worth it.
Do you posit that I should not have had this child?