Scarlet Epsilon: Couples Go to Extremes to Pay for IVF

Couples Go to Extremes to Pay for IVF

Mother's Love by Keoni Cabral
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Brandi and Shelton Koskie built BabyOrBust. com to collect donations for their IVF treatment. They were able to have a child, Paisley, who is now 2 1/2 years old. (Jennifer White Photography) Six years ago, Brandi and Shelton Koskie walked out of an infertility clinic just after learning that they couldn't get pregnant naturally but could pay $20,000 for in-vitro fertilization, which wasn't covered by their insurance. As they walked across the parking lot, Brandi Koskie started talking about a plan: Build a website, call it BabyOrBust. com, and ask visitors for $1 donations toward IVF. "By the time we got to the car, it was a done decision," Shelton said. "My wife is one of those people.

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People:

Shelton Koskie

Overall Sentiment: -0.170822

Relevance: 0.546216

Brandi

Overall Sentiment: -0.0835125

Relevance: 0.544733

Brandi Koskie

Overall Sentiment: 0.13157

Relevance: 0.499318

Sentiment	Quote
0	"For him, the biggest part was not only that we had become a male factor infertility [case], but that his crazy wife wanted to talk about it on the Internet," Brandi Koskie said. ...
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 1 Aggregate Sentiment: 0 Mean: 0 Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Paisley

Overall Sentiment: -0.0188205

Relevance: 0.393725

Shelton

Overall Sentiment: 0.320136

Relevance: 0.371382

Sentiment	Quote
0	"By the time we got to the car, it was a done decision," Shelton said. ...
0.29761	"By the time we got to the car, it was a done decision," Shelton said. "My wife is one of those people. She comes up with crazy ideas and executes them really well."
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 2 Aggregate Sentiment: 0.29761 Mean: 0.148805 Standard Deviation: 0

Collura

Overall Sentiment: 0.0683586

Relevance: 0.343231

Sentiment	Quote
-0.0818595	"Think about how difficult it is now to get credit cards," Collura said.
-0.0521825	"Think about how difficult it is now to get credit cards," Collura said. "A lot of things that people could access cash with are either gone or very, very different now."
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 2 Aggregate Sentiment: -0.134042 Mean: -0.067021 Standard Deviation: 0

Jennifer White

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.253481

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Ken Mosesian

Overall Sentiment: 0.053523

Relevance: 0.215146

Sentiment	Quote
-0.114731	"People look in all crazy ways to cover their infertility treatments," said Ken Mosesian ...
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 1 Aggregate Sentiment: -0.114731 Mean: -0.114731 Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Barry Sanders

Overall Sentiment: 0.294675

Relevance: 0.208918

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Patricia Mendell

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.206021

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Additional Info:

Organization: IVF

Overall Sentiment: -0.0595737

Relevance: 0.883515

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