Couples are being told to delay fertility treatments during the coronavirus pandemic. Some worry they'll miss the chance to have kids.

The American Society for Reproductive Medicine's guidelines recommend people delay new, nonurgent fertility treatments.

Milissa Solemina-McConnell and her husband always knew their path to pregnancy wouldn't involve candles and romantic music, but rather clinic visits and hormone injections.

"It's not just about, 'They want a baby, they can wait.' It's not that simple," Solemina-McConnell, 37, told Business Insider. She and others on similar journeys feel they've waited long enough."At this point," she said,"I can't imagine a future without a child." The guidelines say new, nonurgent treatments should be postponedThe ASRM guidelines, which are set to be revisited March 30, recommend that clinics and providers don't start any new fertility treatments including IUI , IVF , and egg freezing for people who don't need it urgently.

"The human window of fertility is limited; if they wait until the outbreak is over to resume treatment, it will be too late for some patients to qualify for continued treatment," states a Change.org petition urging ASRM to reconsider. As of March 30, it had just under 500 signatures. Lauren Sancton, a consultant in Houston who was set to undergo an embryo transfer mid-April, told Business Insider that hearing she'd need to delay her procedure"was like a gut punch."

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