Health & Fitness
Burst Pipe At Boston Fertility Clinic Disrupts Critical Timing For Several IVF Patients
"Everything has to do with timing and nothing is in your control. It all has to do with your body, how it ovulates," the patient said.
January 4, 2024
BOSTON - A Christmas Eve water main break is disrupting care to approximately 200 fertility patients at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
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The embryos and eggs are safe, the hospital said in a statement, but much of the in vitro fertilization clinic is damaged from the flooding. More than a year of meticulous planning wasted for one IVF patient from New Hampshire who wants to stay anonymous.
"Everything has to do with timing and nothing is in your control. It all has to do with your body, how it reacts, how it ovulates," the patient said. "Sixteen months of precise planning and relying on your body for the next timeline and so now that's all upside down."
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