NFP, abstinence, cancer

[RoseMary131]

from the Pope Paul VI Institute

popepaulvi.com/ncfwh-evaltreat.htm

If there are any question with regard to your reproductive problems, do not hesitate to write to Dr. Thomas W. Hilgers at the above address. The staff of Pope Paul VI Institute look forward to helping you with your women’s health care needs.

Thomas W. Hilgers, MD, Director c/o Terri Green
Pope Paul VI Institute
6901 Mercy Road
Omaha, NE 68106-2604

(Please forgive my mistake in all my messages. I keep typing Pope Pius VI Institute not Pope Paul. Pope Paul VI is correct. The website is correct.)

 

[Mary_Gail_36]

Thank you all.

When I met with the surgeon, she scheduled me with a fertility preservation specialist. I know that most of the options presented will not be morally permissible (i.e. freezing embryos…) Does anyone know about acceptable fertility preservation options? I know they can freeze unfertilized eggs or store ovarian tissue, is there any way they can put the eggs back after my cancer treatment, without doing IVF??? I am completely clueless about this. There is also the option of suppressing my ovaries (via medication) during my treatment. Unfortunately, this may make chemo less effective. There’s a lot to weigh and I’d like to be informed on various options so I can make the right choice here. The default would be do nothing & hope that my fertility returns on its own in a few years… but I’ll be 35 by that point…

So there is a possibility you will lose fertility? I’m sorry.:hug1:

I would think that freezing eggs would not be licit…but I think perhaps that removing ovarian tissue, and then reinserting it might be permissible, because it is your own tissue, not a donor, and any possible future babies will be conceived the proper way through the marital embrace.

I would contact the National Catholic Bioethic Center. They have a consultation service that you can utilize.

Again, praying for your healing in this difficult time.