I had the most awkward discussion with my mom last night. She previously agreed to pay for the costs of our fertility treatment, but until last night I don't think she knew that the price tag was around $30,000 for three cycles. Money is something that is not discussed on my mom's side of the family, and to say that my mom is very private would be an understatement.
I have never felt so awful and guilty in my entire life. I don't like to think about my mom using her retirement or going into debt for us. This makes a part of me not even want to go down this path. It makes me feel incredibly selfish, but I can't reconcile this with the part of me that desperately wants a child.
Unfortunately, the more advanced fertility treatments would be out of our reach without my mother. How do you ever repay someone for making all your dreams come true, or even giving you the chance to have your dreams come true?
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Mothers usually hate to see their children hurting and will go to many lengths to keep that from happening. What is a few thousand dollars in the whole scheme of things? What better use could this money be put to? What is money for? You can't take it with you, that's for sure!
Quit feeling guilty.
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