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And the cup in here.

- OK.

All right?

Thank you.

Thank you.

What's this?

Car accident, or something?

Car accident.

Infertility

is a huge control issue,

because you just

naturally assume

you are gonna have control

over your reproductive life.

And then that control that

we just assumed we were

gonna have is yanked from us.

One of the most important

things I have to do

is reverse the idea that even

we have some control over this.

There's the man of the hour.

Hi, how are you?

Margarita time.

Hello, Dr. Sher.

Being put to sleep now.

I hope this

works out for Rosalinda,

but the one thing

that happens over 40

is, you become unpredictable.

Here we go now.

So we're shooting for six

mature eggs here, if we can.

Hopefully.

11, and 12.

Please stop.

Thank you.

One.

Four, five--

Two eggs from the

first tube, sir.

Thank you.

We finished the left ovary.

--from the left ovary.

Three.

One.

One.

Two.

Three.

One minute.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Her blood pressure was high.

I've given her--

Maybe she's a

bit nervous, because it

wasn't so bad before.

Diastolic

was very, very high.

- It was?

- 120s, 130s.

Oh, boy.

We'll get it taken care of.

I've got

her to 160 over 95.

Hi, good to see you.

Hi, Ann.

How you doing?

Having a lot of pain?

It's not bad.

Not bad.

We'll give you some

stuff for that.

The nurse will come in.

I've got good news for you.

For both of you.

OK.

We have-- we had 27 eggs.

OK.

22 are mature.

That's as good as it gets.

Now you've got a bit of problem

with your blood pressure.

I know.

I don't understand.

Yeah, we're

gonna have to check

your blood pressure again.

Make sure it's

controlled, all right?

But so far we're

doing just fine.

Very happy for you.

All right?

Good luck.

Thank you.

God bless you, sweetie.

OK?

Where's your face?

Right there, under your hand.

Are you OK, mamita?

Just really groggy.

Hi.

Hi.

Wonderful news.

How many did we get?

14 mature eggs.

Mature eggs?

Mature eggs.

Wow.

That is incredible.

Yes.

That was much

more than we expected.

Thank you so much.

I'm very happy for you.

Now I believe that I'm

going to be a grandma.

Oh, please, God.

Please, God.

Please, God.

We'll do our best.

You did so good.

You OK?

We'll see tomorrow

how many fertilize.

All right?

Hello?

Hi, Dr. Jazayeri.

I'm calling you about a

patient of yours, Ann Johnson.

I'll be back in

just a few minutes.

We're both

on the same page here.

And I'm gonna

convey this to her.

If she's pregnant,

she must report to you

immediately for prenatal care.

I'll make sure of that.

Hello, Ann.

Hey, how are you doing, sir?

Ann, you've got a

very serious problem

with your blood pressure.

It's very elevated.

I cannot put two embryos in

your uterus with your blood

pressure as high as this.

We we're only going

to put in one.

It would be bad

medicine to do more.

But you have to understand

that the chance of pregnancy

occurring and a baby being

born is reduced by the fact

that we can only put back one.

This is a once in

a lifetime opportunity for her.

She got something that

she's never in her life,

I imagine, going to get again.

And now you want her to

cut her chances in half.

And so we're going

to do what's safe.

If your blood pressure

had not come to under 110,

I would not put this embryo in.

All right.

Whether it's gonna

happen the first time,

because only one

embryo, we don't know.

Just Pray that it does.

It's got every chance.

Zecky, you can load.

Load one embryo

for Ann Johnson, please.

One embryo for Ann

Johnson, coming up.

Our drive through window.

Our McDonald's

window, right?

Right.

It's where we order

our babies, to go.

I've loaded a single beautiful

looking embryo for Ann Johnson.

Are you Ann Johnson, ma'am?

Yes, I am.

All right, thank you.

in now injecting it.

And now he's injected it.

The little white spot there,

that's a bubble of fluid

which contains the embryo.

You can't see the embryo.

It's only the size

of a grain of sand.

There it goes.

Now I come out slowly.

You've got it.

Excellent.

That went very, very, very well.

That's as good as we can do it.

Here you go.

Good luck to you.

I'm so happy for you.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Thank you.

You look all druggy

from your Valium, girl.

You're a lightweight.

Goodness, look at you.

I don't do well

with narcotics.

No.

All right, starting today,

goes all the way out until we

do our second pregnancy test.

We always do two

pregnancy tests.

I have worked with Dr.

Sher since February,

1999-- so 16 years.

Going into infertility was

a calling I felt I had,

because I had

infertility issues.

And I've been lucky.

I've had three children.

But I can remember what it feels

like to experience infertility

today.

It allows me to get what

these patients go through.

Levent, could you

please load two embryos

for Rosalinda Coto-Patlan?

- All right.

- Thank you.

Moving

slightly to the right.

Here he comes with the embryos.

Two embryos for

Rosalinda Coto-Patlan.

Is that you, Rosalinda?

Yes, that is.

All right, thank you.

OK, here we go, now.

You know,

one of the things I tell

my patients is

they keep thinking,

I need to make sure

I get eggs out.

OK, got eggs.

And then we say, all

right, all right.

I just asked to get a positive

pregnancy test, and we do.

And then you wait for

the first heartbeat.

And then you say, all right,

I'm gonna deliver a live baby,

please.

Well, please let it

not be stillborn.

And it's not.

And now, if you're like me, you

have a seven-year-old who you

worry is gonna be kidnapped.

And you have a

16-year-old who you worry

is getting a driver's license.

And this is the

reality of motherhood.

And it starts from the minute

they start taking shots.

She's got them.

I'm proud of you.

You did great.

OK, put your hands

on your chest for me.

You just say some prayers,

and we just relax and let go.

And they're either going

to implant, or they're not.

OK:

- OK?

- Great.

- All right, sweetheart.

All right.

Happy

birthday to you.

Happy

birthday dear Rosalinda,

happy birthday to you.

Hey.

Woo!

Currently

we're two days away

from our pregnancy test.

They call this

the two week wait.

And those days

just feel eternal.

Well, I understand

my wife's desire

to have a biological child.

Losing her father

and her two brothers

left her with a hole inside.

I certainly can't have any.

But I'm adopted, so it's

not the only option for me.

It's not the only option for me.

For me, at the end

of the day, family

is not about genetics at all.

It's about love and unity.

My parents are my parents.

That's my dad.

That's my mom.

But for her, egg

donation or adoption

is really not an option,

because we're still on plan A.

But I've heard her say,

what's the point in being

married if we can't have kids?

We've had a

conversation like that.

It was an emotional

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