{"id":20656,"date":"2021-10-08T13:08:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T17:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/?p=20656"},"modified":"2025-08-07T15:50:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:50:20","slug":"inside-the-big-business-of-babymaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/media-coverage\/inside-the-big-business-of-babymaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Fertility Inc.: Inside the big business of babymaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"press-entry\">\n<div class=\"blog-post-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"date\">January 21, 2020<\/div>\n<div>One in eight couples in the U.S. suffers from infertility, and the business around it is booming. 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