This New Brunswick couple wants to have a baby. IVF costs make that challenging [Video]

When Marissa Alexander met her best friend in Grade 3, little did she know she she would one day marry him.

The 26-year-old and her husband, Ryan Alexander, got married in 2020 and have been trying to have a baby ever since.

“Our dreams would come true. We want more than anything to have a child,” Marissa said.

In 2023, they tried in vitro fertilization (IVF). Although Marissa is young and doesn’t have any known health problems, the treatment was unsuccessful.

“It was pretty hard, and it kind of came out of nowhere,” Ryan said.

But they weren’t ready to give up yet.

In the process of applying for funding, they learned that a second round of IVF would cost thousands of dollars more. The couple estimates the first round cost up to $15,000.

The province does offer one-time 50 per cent reimbursements of IVF or intrauterine insemination treatments (IUI) up to $5,000. However, the couple still has …