Aiming for parenthood with IVF
Women undergoing IVF face psychological and financial pressures on their own.
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In vitro fertilization (IVF), also known as medically assisted fertilization (MAF) in Albanian, is a medical method used when natural pregnancy is not achieved. Photo: Jasir Zeqiri / K2.0
Fear of failure is one of the most common feelings experienced by women undergoing the IVF process.
IVF is not yet offered by the Public Health Sector. Photo: Jasir Zeqiri / K2.0
This instruction has primarily enabled the functioning of IVF procedures in private clinics, leaving gaps in strict standardization, proper supervision and effective enforcement measures in cases of procedural violations.
The lack of IVF services in the public health system has made private clinics the only alternative for women and couples facing fertility problems. Photo: Jasir Zeqiri / K2.0
On one occasion, when she visited a Turkish doctor in Kosovo, he told her, “You will never have children.”
Leandrit Bejtullahu, head of the IVF department at the Gynecology Clinic at UCCK, said that so far only consultations and follow-up consultations on reproductive health have been conducted. Photo: Jasir Zeqiri / K2.0
It’s been almost a year since the IVF department at UCCK was inaugurated, but no procedures have been performed there yet. Photo: Jasir Zeqiri / K2.0
One woman who responded to the K2.0 questionnaire said that IVF is a process that "steals the body, mind and heart."
This story was originally written in Albanian.
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