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Danette Peeples felt broken.
For more than two years, she looked at women who were pregnant and thought: "Why can't this happen to me?"
Though she had one child, the Hatboro resident wanted a sibling for her young son. After two years of trying, she began to lose hope — until a friend told her about the changes that have occurred in reproductive technology.
Science, she thought, could be her answer.
"I knew my journey might be different, but the outcome would be the same — my dream child could happen," said Peeples, who turned to Abington Reproductive Medicine for help.
About one in every eight U.S. women of reproductive age and their partners have difficulty getting pregnant, according to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. And more American couples today are getting medical help to have babies, according to the group, which represents the majority of fertility specialists in the country.
Between 2002 and 2013, treatment using assisted reproductive technologies jumped 25 percent, from 106,000 in 2002 to 146,000 in 2013, said Owen Davis, society president. The...