What treatments for infertility are ok

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I am not a Catholic but am investigating and this is an issue for me.

Are medicines that induce ovulation ok? I know I read that IUI and IVF are not and I understand that. But was curious about clomid.
I have PCOS and have been told that most likely I could conceive with clomid. Just curious. Thanks.
 
The problem with some infertility treatments is that it removes the creation of life from the conjugal marital act.
Medical treatments for illnesses such infertility are fine as long as the treatment does not remove the conjugal marital act from conception. I believe the treatments you mentioned are morally licit. 👍

Here are the useful sections of the Catechism of the Catholic Church… (this link)…
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Techniques that entail the dissociation of husband and wife, by the intrusion of a person other than the couple (donation of sperm or ovum, surrogate uterus), are gravely immoral. These techniques (heterologous artificial insemination and fertilization) infringe the child’s right to be born of a father and mother known to him and bound to each other by marriage. They betray the spouses’ "right to become a father and a mother only through each other."167
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Techniques involving only the married couple (homologous artificial insemination and fertilization) are perhaps less reprehensible, yet remain morally unacceptable. They dissociate the sexual act from the procreative act. The act which brings the child into existence is no longer an act by which two persons give themselves to one another, but one that "entrusts the life and identity of the embryo into the power of doctors and biologists and establishes the domination of technology over the origin and destiny of the human person. Such a relationship of domination is in itself contrary to the dignity and equality that must be common to parents and children."168 "Under the moral aspect procreation is deprived of its proper perfection when it is not willed as the fruit of the conjugal act, that is to say, of the specific act of the spouses’ union. . . . Only respect for the link between the meanings of the conjugal act and respect for the unity of the human being make possible procreation in conformity with the dignity of the person."169
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HTH! 🙂
 
There is no definite ruling on Clomid. It doesn’t interfere with the process of conceiving during the natural marital act, as do artificial reproduction methods (IVF and the like). However, unfortunately Clomid can cause multiple eggs to be released. Your body may or may not be capable of sustaining all the fertilized eggs. Thus, some babies could die. 😦 I personally wouldn’t use the medication for this reason, but as I have said there is no official ruling on Clomid as of yet.
 
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There is no definite ruling on Clomid. It doesn’t interfere with the process of conceiving during the natural marital act, as do artificial reproduction methods (IVF and the like). However, unfortunately Clomid can cause multiple eggs to be released. Your body may or may not be capable of sustaining all the fertilized eggs. Thus, some babies could die. 😦 I personally wouldn’t use the medication for this reason, but as I have said there is no official ruling on Clomid as of yet.
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I don’t think that unfortunate side effect would render Clomid illicit. If the means (medication) and the end (ovulation) of taking the drug are morally licit, I can’t see why the drug would be ruled illicit.

After all, there is no bar aginst women who are prone to miscarriage trying to conceive.

God Bless
 
Clomid can cause multiples, but in the majority of the cases it causes no more than twins. The higher order multiples that are in the media are usually a result of injectible ovulation medication.

I also have PCOS and was on Clomid for several cycles some of which we monitored the number of follicles my body produced. While I occasionally had more than 1 large follicle, there was usually a single dominant one–so if we had conceived, we would have had just one baby. I wouldn’t suggest someone use Clomid if they were not open to the idea of having twins–or if they had a higher order of multiples and would want to do a selective abortion. Obviously you can’t have a selective abortion as a Catholic and if you use any kind of fertility medication you have to accept that you may have a difficult pregnancy. However all the research that I did suggested that MOST clomid multiples are twins–and that is somewhere around 10% of the time…so 90% of the time you’ll have a singleton. 🙂

We did end up conceiving once on Clomid but miscarried. We were surprised with this pregnancy on one of our “taking a break from Clomid” cycles. 🙂

Good luck!
 
amyece said:
I am not a Catholic but am investigating and this is an issue for me.

Are medicines that induce ovulation ok? I know I read that IUI and IVF are not and I understand that. But was curious about clomid.
I have PCOS and have been told that most likely I could conceive with clomid. Just curious. Thanks.
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Clomid and other drugs that induce ovulation are okay. You have my prayers - I have PCOS, too.
 
Thank you for the info. I feel better and more well informed now.
Congrats Kevinsgirl on your pregnancy! 🙂

BTW did you also take glucophage or anything like that? I have a prescription for glucophage but have not been taking it as it makes me sooo sick.
 
amyece said:
Thank you for the info. I feel better and more well informed now.
Congrats Kevinsgirl on your pregnancy! 🙂

BTW did you also take glucophage or anything like that? I have a prescription for glucophage but have not been taking it as it makes me sooo sick.
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I don’t take glucophage or any other PCOS specific medication since the b/w didn’t show I had problems with my blood sugar or anything like that. I do take progesterone after ovulation because my dr. and I think my two early miscarriages may have been linked to low progesterone levels. And then I took Clomid several cycles. Nothing else, though. I’m sorry it makes you sick–both Prometrium (progesterone) and Clomid have some not too fun side effects–but I can honestly say now that I feel my daughter kicking me and moving all around–it is soooo worth it! 👍🙂
 
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