Infertility Videos

Educational Videos by Creating a Family

• Causes of Male Infertility (approx 8 mins)
• Treatment of Male Infertility (approx 8 mins)
• How to Choose a Surrogate (approx 9 mins)
• How to Choose An Egg Donor (approx 9 mins)
• Weight, PCOS, and Fertility (approx. 7 mins)
  
• Endometriosis (approx. 8 mins)
  
• Choices You'll Face When Creating Your Family through Surrogacy (approx. 8 mins)
• Parenting, Adopting, and Pregnancy after Infertility (approx. 9 mins)
• Increase the Odds of Success with IVF (approx. 5 mins)
• How to Choose an Infertility Clinic or Doctor (approx. 9 mins)
• Infertility Survival Guide for Holidays, Family Gatherings & Baby Showers (approx.7 mins)
• How to Donate Unused Embryos to Research (approx. 9 mins)

There are lots of health related videos, but the ones I list here aren’t designed to educate you on the facts of infertility so much as to sustain you on the painful journey that is infertility. Relief and inspiration are as individual as each of us, so I’ve tried to cover the waterfront of styles while still weeding out all the drivel.

• When the Rain Comes This short video focuses on the couple’s relationship during infertility and would be a good one to watch when you are frustrated and tired of the whole D_MN thing. It does not end with a picture of a baby.
• Infertility Is This video sums up the feelings of infertility perfectly. It can help sustain you on the journey and remind you of how to live in the process. It could also help family and friends understand what you are going through. It does not end with a pregnancy.
• Music video for “No Less Than a Woman” by Jamaican R & B artist Lady Saw about her experience with infertility and miscarriages. She is also an adoptive mom. The refrain is “Not having a child don’t make me less a woman, I still got so much love to give…” 
• These videos by Mel a.k.a. Stirrup Queen over at Stirrup Queen and Sperm Palace Jesters are fantastic.
  • Uterninus's Law This is a song with cartoon figures and is quite funny. The chorus is:
    You're screwed no matter what you do ooh ooh ooh
    So drink your coffee
    Enjoy a glass of wine or two
    It's a bumpy walk
    For some to pink and blue
  • What the Gardener Knows The poignancy and honesty of this song and accompanying cartoon figures is just perfect! the chorus of this one is (I think):
    If you see me crying
    Know that it’s not what you do
    I just wanted to share
    That not yet flower with you
    So we keep planting
    Hope is the root of it all
  • This one is my favorite. The title says it all: My Aunt Jane Knows More Than My RE.  It is about all the people in your life that say any variation on the following:
    If you just stop trying so hard you’ll get pregnant
    If you adopt, you’ll get pregnant.
    If you go on vacation, relax, etc….

• Persistence Pays. Video of woman with PCOS that is ultimately successful with the birth of three children. The philosophy of this video is there’s a reason for everything. At one point she says “if pregnancy is not meant for me, there is another journey for me.” That is reassuring for some, but not all.
• Nine year journey to parenthood. After multiple IUIs, IVFs, and seven miscarriages, this couple finally succeeded in having a baby. The message of this video is that it’s good to share your pain and this journey with others. She also says to stay connected to your husband and “don’t treat getting pregnant as a science project.”
• Infertility: Seasons of Hope and Despair This is a collection of still photos showing the emotions of fertility set to music. This type of video doesn’t do much for me, but if you like this, there are tons of them on You Tube. Just look at the suggested videos that pop up on the same page.
  
• A Year In The Life of Infertility (Year 4) There are a lot of these still photos set to music videos about infertility and most of them don't do much for me.  However, I ran across this video recently and thought it did about as good a job as any summing up a year in infertility treatment. You might laugh, you might cry, but above all, you'll understand. Spoiler: The couple did not get pregnant, so although it's not an uplifting happy ending type video, it is still worth viewing if you're in the midst of this journey.    
• Men, Too: Infertility Is Not Just a Female Problem  Healthy Young Men Face Infertility and Battle Social Stigma.  Check out this great article and video by Good Morning America.
• Fertility: 90 Percent of Eggs Gone by 30  Good Morning America talks about the very first study believed to quantify egg loss.  The results show long odds for conception starting at 40.
• How Fast Does Your Biological Clock Tick? ABC video segment on the newly released fertility study that says once a woman hits 30, only 12 percent of her eggs remain.
• Fertility Myths Debunked ABC video that touches on what factors may or may not contribute to infertility problems.