When Zoe and her husband Emanuel wanted to start a family, Zoe started taking the diabetes and weight-loss drug Ozempic after being told her chances of pregnancy would increase after losing weight. However, the cost, side effects and lack of access took a toll on her mental health.
SBS On Demand. My story, whilst unique to me, will no doubt resonate with other people. My husband Emanuel and I have been trying to have a baby, via IVF, since March 2020. Whilst I was educating high school students in healthcare, full time, my husband and I bravely embarked on fertility treatment. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic no less. After three unsuccessful IUI’s we started IVF.
I was on the medication for a total of three months, but I had to stop due to a variety of factors. Firstly, it was extremely expensive. We were paying $180 per month, for four weekly doses. We could only just afford it. This expense coupled with saving for IVF put a lot of financial pressure on us. The other issue was the side effects. Ozempic made me extremely fatigued and the irony of not having enough energy to exercise because of a weight-loss drug was not lost on me.
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