Vacation or Surgery? Both!

Spurred by the fertility success stories she read about on IVF Connections' Web site, Jennifer Leeds made plans to visit the Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad (I.V.I.), in Valencia, Spain. Leeds, a 44-year-old real estate appraiser from Crofton, Maryland, had already seen a number of fertility specialists; she knew she'd need to have in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments if she wanted to have a baby. But she also knew she and her husband weren't up for spending $28,000, the price a private fertility clinic charged for the outpatient procedure, which wasn't covered by their insurance policy...