I Didn't Know IVF Could Be a Door Prize

Only a branch of Resolve (the national infertility organization) based in my hometown of Lancaster, California could be so ingenious or sick as to think up IVF as a door prize. But that's what they're offering, if you sign up to attend a "fertility symposium" later this month in Southern California. I'm guessing they're picturing a Washington Mutual-like run on the event, all of us pounding on the doors in the desperate hope for our chance to win a free shot. No pun intended.

Who would have thought? There was a time when just $20,000 was enough to tempt anyone. But now it comes with the joy of swollen ovaries and fluid-filled follicles and sky-high estrogen and surgery. I think I'll stick to the lottery.