I was privy to some conversation the other day between two of the women I work with regarding one's struggle to conceive and heard one express a sentiment I have heard MANY times....

"IVF is cheaper than adoption so we're going with that."

This has been talked about a lot lately...just google "IVF vs. Adoption" and a plethora of shit comes up.

Supposedly, IVF costs up to $15k but private adoptions can cost between $20 and $25k.

Hmph, well fostering a kid is FREE if you really want one that bad.

Hell, they pay YOU to take the kid, not vice versa!

How come we never hear THAT?

Sarcasm aside, last I checked, IVF was not a sure thing. You can do a ton of IVF treatments and never, ever get knocked up.

Let's look at it this way. Say I am DYING to have a kid (try not to laugh as you imagine me desiring a fuck trophy of my very own), but have had no luck getting pregnant. I only have $15,000 to my name. Is the wise decision for me to spend that cash on an IVF treatment that may not work, OR save it and work towards another $5 or $10k to facilitate an adoption?

If I do the former and go through IVF unsuccessfully, THAT MONEY IS GONE.

Now, I'm no adoption expert but I'm pretty sure you don't fork over $25,000 and come back with no kid. If you pay for an adoption and it falls though, one would think you'd get your money back.

Not the case with IVF. That shit has a NO REFUND POLICY.

Honestly, I really think people like to give any excuse they can pull out of their ass with regard to doing IVF versus adopting a stranger's kid. They are supposedly DYING for a child but really don't want "someone else's reject baby".

Am I alone in thinking that if adoption was FREE, breeders would STILL spend thousands of dollars on IVF?

I truly, truly believe this.

If Wal-Mart was giving out free Black and Hispanic babies one weekend, PEOPLE WOULD DRIVE PAST THE WAL-MART TO THE IVF CLINIC!

Fucking crazy.

*Sorry if this post isn't the most coherent, I've had a bottle of Riesling about 10 minutes ago.*

Blogging while drunk- population: ME.