News 12 at 6 o'clock, November 5, 2009

AUGUSTA, Ga.---To start a family, more and more women are turning to fertility treatments to try and help get pregnant.

Thursday night one of the only local infertility clinics is celebrating their success with a party, a party for everybody involved.

It's a baby come back party, a chance to get years worth of hard work in one room.

Nina Harrison and her husband never thought they would have trouble having their girls, Makayla and Trinity. But it wasn't easy.

"You think that it's something that possibly you did and what happened or why me," describes Nina.

"It's a frustrating and upsetting experience because no one thinks that they're going to have trouble conceiving," says Dr. Adelina Emmi.

So Nina came to MCG's Reproductive Medicine and Infertility Associates. "It's an emotional roller coaster, but I looked back on it now and I would do it all over again, it was definitely worth it," says Nina.

Doctors say couples are waiting to have children and they're almost waiting too late.

"More and more women are waiting and that's a big issue especially in the older age groups," says Dr. Emmi.

But women do have a number of options and one is, In Vitro Fertilization.

"There are multiple options for fertility and some of them are very very simple options and so if they seek therapy, they don't necessarily have to be costly options," says Dr. Emmi.

IVF is roughly $10,000 dollars a pop, but it's a price some don't mind paying for their baby.

"You don't realize the impact of that problem until you have that problem yourself," says Dr. Emmi.

So now the patients, staff and of course the babies from the last six years can celebrate their success together.

"I can't wait to go and see everyone and see the doctors and the staff, because to have that relationship with the staff and the doctors is what really really makes you feel comfortable and it makes it a little bit easier," says Nina.

They say since the clinic started in 2003, there have been 85 success stories. Their take home baby rate is about 15 percent higher than the national average.

The clinic says the cost is the biggest draw back for most families because in Georgia insurance doesn't normally cover it. And remember- it can be several costly tries.