Infertility support for Catholics?

I am 27 years old and Catholic. Until recently (April of this year) I attended Mass each week and had a sense of peace in regards to my faith. Though, since then my husband and I have learned that we may never successfully achieve pregnancy the “natural way.” I am struggling with the Church’s view of infertility treatments – they aren’t acceptable. Does anyone know of any online support groups or forums for Catholics with fertility issues?
Baby Bump: Thank you for your comments. I should add, though, that the infertility issues that my husband and I share are not due to my health. Instead, we learned that my husband is the one inflicted. After testing we have determined that there is nothing that can be done to improve his odds.

Mommy’s What do you guys think of that lady that had 8 babies in Bellflower California? ?

I have heard that she is on Welfare. If she’s on Welfare it should be wrong to do this. So what stupid Doctor did this, I can’t believe that it is natural she had to of had infertility treatment of some sort. If a Doctor did this he should get dis-bard and pay for those kids till they are 18. Let me know what you think. But I am glad the babies are well. Oh this lady already had 6 kids before the 8 new ones.
Welfair is ment for people in need and emergencies. Not for people to keep on having kids so other people can support them. That is abuse of the system.
They 8 babies are not being feed breast milk from their own mother, its her milk plus other women that have donated it to feed babies. It is not possible to feed 8 babies breast milk from one person.

I faked infertility to keep my career?

My career has always been my first love, but when I was 31 I agreed to marry a lovely man that I had been seeing for several years.

Sam was really keen to have children straight away but I was focussed on my job and doing really well so I managed to convince him to wait a few years. He kept bringing up the topic and, although I was still not interested, I eventually agreed to start trying for a family.

I started taking folic acid and calcium and stopped drinking alcohol. But secretly I kept taking the pill. I felt terrible but I knew that if I got pregnant now I would lose my job, I figured this was the best way to keep everyone happy. Besides, by this time I was still only 34 and figured that I still had plenty of time to have children later, when I had achieved what I wanted at work.

Sam was so excited, he started buying little present for our ‘baby’ and spent time researching the best cots, car seats and carriers. I felt bad but I’d just been promoted again and was able to throw myself into work and forget about my lie.

Each month when I got my period Sam was so sad, and I had to pretend to be too. He’d cook me special meals full of baby-making vitamins and burn oils that supposedly promoted fertility. After a year of “unsuccessful attempts” Sam suggested seeing a fertility specialist. I put it off as long as I could but eventually I had to agree to go along.

I felt sick sitting in a waiting room surrounding by hopeful looking couples waiting nervously. I had to lie to the doctor and undergo a series of tests. When I couldn’t take it anymore I broke down and cried to Sam that all the testing was too intrusive and made me feel like a failure. I was consumed by guilt. As always, Sam was so wonderful and supportive, I hated lying to him.

By this time Sam has spent loads of money on all kinds of “natural treatments” and with the stress of it all, along with me working longer and longer hours at work, we began to fight. Sam resented me spending so much time at work and putting extra stress on my body. Gradually we stopped fighting and gave up on the idea of a baby of our own.

Today I am 46 and have pretty much missed out on my chance to have children. It hurts me to watch the sad look on Sam’s face when he plays with our friends’ children. And it hurts me even more to watch the sympathetic look that my poor childless husband gives me; misinterpreting my guilt for the pain of being unable to give him what he wanted.

No job is that important. If only I’d realised this 10 years ago.

40 and ttc! Tried Clomid and IUI with Injectibles. Should I try IVF?

I’ve been doing infertility treatments for a year now (3 years ttc). I have a full-term, completely au natural (no fertility treatments) son who’s 3.5 years old. This year has just been so-o many Dr.’s appointments and internal ultrasounds and tests and trying to find people to watch my son that I don’t know if I can take any more. BUT, I haven’t tried IVF, yet. I’m 40 years old, so I’m really watching the door close on any opportunity to have any more children, but I’m just so-o tired of the process and the invasion of privacy and the all-consuming nature of fertility treatments. And my husband and I are both tired of my feeling crappy ALL the time. Is the process of IVF worse than IUI with Injectibles? Anybody out there have an encouragement for me? Or discouragement?
(BTW, our insurance, incredibly, covers IVF. Even the copays are expensive, but we might have enough money to do a few rounds.)

Thanks for answering seriously!