Every year, The Bookseller holds a contest awarding the Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year. This year's list of 49 books include titles like 100 Girls on Cheap Paper, Briefs for the Reading Room, How YOU Are Like Shampoo: For Job Seekers, and I'm Not Hanging Noodles on Your Ears.

You have to admit -- those titles are odd.

But wait a minute, what's this? Also included on this year's list is a book titled Budgeting for Infertility.

What's odd about that title? How did a book title that, to me, seems clear and necessary end up on a list that includes Mickey Mouse, Hitler and Nazi Germany?

I suspect that the title appears there because most people do not realize that infertility is something that involves serious financial strain. Perhaps the list writers thought the title was funny because if you're infertile, then you don't have any children, so why do you need to budget for that?

However, unless you plan to do nothing about your infertility, you do need to budget for it. Before you even consider treatment, you need to consider the cost for fertility testing and visits to a reproductive endocrinologist - exams that are not commonly covered by insurance.

If you intend to seek treatment, you may need to pay for medications, fertility procedures, ultrasound testing (often several per treatment cycles), and blood work.

Some think that only IVF treatment is expensive, but in fact, any fertility treatment can be expensive. Even if you "only" take Clomid, you may need to pay out of pocket for the initial fertility testing, the Clomid itself, and any ultrasound or blood work required to follow your treatment.

The financial burden of infertility is so big that some banks offer special loans, some states and organizations offer (a limited number of) grants, and it's sadly not uncommon for a couple to spend every penny of their retirement fund on fertility treatment. Tens of thousands of dollars in debt can add up quickly if you're trying IVF, especially if you require the help of an egg donor or surrogate. Adoption is also very expensive.

To be clear, I'm not saying I can't take a joke on infertility related subjects. In fact, I've blogged in the past about a blog that does an excellent job of making many people laugh about infertility.

But I fail to see how a book titled Budgeting for Infertility is odd or funny. I just don't get it.

What are your thoughts? Please share in the comments below. I'd love to hear from you!

I think most people know that getting pregnant after 40 will not be as easily done as getting pregnant in your 20s or 30s.

However, it seems like everyone knows at least a few people who got pregnant after 40 without any trouble at all. Celebrities commonly get pregnant after 40, and while many of them use fertility treatments to get there, all of this leads to the false belief that age doesn't matter that much.

This isn't true. Age does matter. And even if you're healthy, a good weight, workout, and live a generally well balanced life, you're not guaranteed amazing fertility after 40.

So, what are your chances? Read more about getting pregnant after 40 here.

Jennifer Lopez will be staring in an upcoming movie, "The Back-Up Plan", which tells the story of a woman who uses fertility treatment to get pregnant.

However, Lopez made clear in a recent interview with Elle magazine that she herself would never use IVF. According to FoxNews.com, she's quoted in the interview saying, "I ... believe in God and I have a lot of faith in that, so I just felt like you don't mess with things like that. And I guess deep down I really felt like either this is not going to happen for me or it is. You know what I mean? And if it is, it will. And if it's not, it's not going to."

There are a lot of people upset about her statement. So much so that the American Fertility Association has felt the need to come out with a statement supporting J.Lo's "right to not use IVF", just as they support those that do want to use IVF.

Now, of course, J.Lo can do (and think and say) whatever she wants. But I don't think people are upset that she wouldn't consider IVF, but upset with how she said what she said.

I think that when those of us in the infertility community read her statement, we took it personally. By her saying her faith in God is the reason she wouldn't consider IVF, it felt as if she were saying that those that do use IVF don't have faith, or don't believe in God.

Plenty of those in the infertility community are big believers, and come from all walks of life and religions. And yes, some of us have religious objections to some fertility treatments, including IVF. It can be a huge struggle.

Those people with religious objections to IVF, however, may have other options, which they may or may not know about.

Some are worried about extra embryos, or fertilization outside of the body. For these women, a procedure like GIFT may be better. Or they may ask that the doctor create only one or two embryos, even if this may lower their chances of success.

Some couples may go through special screening and testing before treatment so that any leftover embryos can be donated to another couple. Or they may keep trying for babies as long as they have leftover embryos to use.

And some will decide that IVF or any fertility treatment is just not for them, for any number of reasons. And that's fine.

But that doesn't mean that those of us that choose to use IVF don't believe in God, or have just as much faith as someone who doesn't use IVF. Some of us believe that God would want us to use IVF to have child, just like God may want us to take medication to cure any illness or disease.

I also think it's much easier for a person to say they wouldn't use IVF or fertility treatments when they conceived without help. Since J.Lo says her twins were conceived "naturally", I can't expect her to understand where those of us who can't get pregnant "naturally" are coming from.

But then again, J.Lo is only a celebrity - not a religious leader or politician. I don't know if she intended to judge anyone else. She was just talking about her personal feelings - probably without thinking about the possible wide impact her words might have on those dealing with infertility.

What are your thoughts? Please do share, I'd love to hear from you!

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