Are Brangelina Too Posh to Procreate (the Old-Fashioned Way)?

re: Are Brangelina Too Posh to Procreate (the Old-Fashioned Way)?

MissB — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:24:31 GMT

"a source described as being close to Jolie and Pitt, 44, said... They chose the US$12,000 procedure so 'she wouldn't have to deal with the stress of trying to get pregnant.."

A source close to them? Well, if the Daily Mail says so it must be true!

re: Are Brangelina Too Posh to Procreate (the Old-Fashioned Way)?

Maeby — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:32:18 GMT

Heather, i never knew the exact details. Thanks for posting! Definitely rather do it the old fashioned way if possible(and with brad pitt of course if its an option).

re: Are Brangelina Too Posh to Procreate (the Old-Fashioned Way)?

Sheri — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:44:50 GMT

OK...She can get pregnant without medical involvement, yet she chooses this??? I've always thought she was a little ummm, off, but now I know she is.

Her body her choice right???

I just think she's crazy.

re: Are Brangelina Too Posh to Procreate (the Old-Fashioned Way)?

Heather O — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:35:18 GMT

Having been through infertility treatment myself I can say with absolute conviction that it is NOT the way to reduce stress and it is FAR from convenient. Even if you know that the cycle will probably work (because she is theoretically not infertile) there is an incredible amount of scheduling involved. Multiple preliminary appointments to determine hormone levels and timing. You give yourself daily (if not more than once a day) shots in the stomach leaving you covered in bruises. This is accompanied by DAILY blood work and transvaginal ultrasounds, you literally look like a heroine addict with tract marks at the end of a cycle. Not to mention the pain associated with maturing multiple follicles at once (and if you aren't infertile there will be a LOT of them), then the pain of having the eggs surgically removed by a needle through the vaginal wall, then weeks upon weeks of a shot of thick progesterone oil into your butt through an inch and a half needle of large gauge (to allow thick oil through. Since you didn't ovulate naturally you wont make the right hormones to support the early pregnancy without these shots...often for up to 10 or more WEEKS.) By the end your butt is full of hard, painful lumps....The list of hoops to jump through goes on and on and on.

Phew! In other words I just can NOT understand how someone would go through that if you didn't have to! Its certainly a LOT easier to have sex with Brad Pitt.

And ditto what AnneAC said...all of this is followed by a HUGE medical bill that your insurance wont pay for.

re: Are Brangelina Too Posh to Procreate (the Old-Fashioned Way)?

aaustin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:19:01 GMT

I can't imagine a set of circumstances under which it would be undesirable/stressful to have lots of sex with Brad Pitt.

I'm just sayin'...

Amy @ prettybabies.blogspot.com

re: Are Brangelina Too Posh to Procreate (the Old-Fashioned Way)?

AnneAC — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:12:36 GMT

It's not the choice I would make, but people can make their own choices. IVF for no medical reason, C-section for no medical reason, abortion, whatever...It's not my body or money so it's not my choice.

On another and unrelated note, I wish there were financial assistance available to middle class folks for IVF and/or adoption expenses. Often the middle class is left to use all of their savings or go into huge debt to have a child using medical technology. Just a thought...I know it's not what the post was about :)