# I can't wait to hear from the fertility doctor's office... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 6, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-wait-to-hear-from-the-fertility-doctors-office/338749 "2006-01-06T16:28:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-wait-to-hear-from-the-fertility-doctors-office/338749/81 "2006-01-11T00:27:38Z")
> [@grayhairedmomma](#): > > The thing that sticks out at me the most from your posts, **PinkMarabou** is your use of the word “fair”. > > Life is not fair. Life sucks in different ways for everyone. > Why should insurance companies pay for fertility treatment? The goal of fertility treatment is to create children and children cost money. Then the insurance companies would have to cover the medical costs of the birth and health of the children. > > Why should taxes go to help people conceive? There isn’t a shortage of people in this country. > > Why should the medical system do something about this “big-business” and what would you have them do? At the same time there are many medical conditions that cause infertility that should be treated. Take endometriosis. Endo can cause serious and debilitating pain as well as infertility. Should it go untreated because it is linked to infertility? Should a woman be denied a laparosopy because it may help her have a baby? Or what about polycystic ovarian syndrome? Symptoms of that can include weight gain, hypertension, insulin resistance and horrible pelvic pain. Should those symptoms go untreated? Pregnancy itself can also health benefits for women. Having children means having fewer menstrual periods. That is linked with a reduction in the risk of ovarian cancer. Breastfeeding a baby can bring all sorts of long term medical benefits to the mother including decreasing her risk of breast cancer and type two diabetes. What other medical conditions do you propose to leave untreated? Should we stop treating impotence? Afterall, it’s not like a man needs an erection. Viagra clearly should not be covered. We could also stop covering birth control pills. Women don’t need sex. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-wait-to-hear-from-the-fertility-doctors-office/338749/82 "2006-01-11T01:09:51Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > At the same time there are many medical conditions that cause infertility that should be treated. > > Take endometriosis. Endo can cause serious and debilitating pain as well as infertility. Should it go untreated because it is linked to infertility? Should a woman be denied a laparosopy because it may help her have a baby? > > Or what about polycystic ovarian syndrome? Symptoms of that can include weight gain, hypertension, insulin resistance and horrible pelvic pain. Should those symptoms go untreated? You’ve obviously stumbled out from the “analogies that don’t make sense” universe that **Pink** came from. Wtf? ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-wait-to-hear-from-the-fertility-doctors-office/338749/83 "2006-01-11T04:12:19Z")
This thread may cure me from ever visiting the Pit again. It’s getting way too bizarre in here. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-wait-to-hear-from-the-fertility-doctors-office/338749/84 "2006-01-11T04:31:46Z")
> [@Rysdad](#): > > This thread may cure me from ever visiting the Pit again. It’s getting way too bizarre in here. And we’re currently between election seasons. Wait about six months… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-wait-to-hear-from-the-fertility-doctors-office/338749.md?page=4)