IVF Dreams
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Boy meets Girl, they become friends, they fall in love, they get married...the rest is history.
Usually their family “starts to grow” is the next step....usually is the key word here.
It wasn't an usually for us, as we have been trying for several years to have a child and with no success we still remain a small family of two even though we'd love to be more than two.
We've tried a lot of different treatments under the sun to help us overcome infertility and to expand our family. Sadly, our family wasn't/isn't expanding so easily.
We have spent the last 3 ½ years trying to conceive and the last 2 ½ years of that with the help of doctors doing treatments and searching for a reason for our difficult struggle. It is/was very expensive spending these 2 ½ years (almost 3) at doctor appointments that are not covered by insurance; and each step seems to end in the heartbreak of not achieving success.
We have tried several different treatments:
natural
herbal vitamins (fertility blend, etc),
clomid,
IUI (10 failed ones -- some with clomid, some with injectables, some with letrozole),
acupuncture
...we also tried old wives tales.
If you suggested it, we already tried it and yes we relaxed through it all (took vacations, planned other things to keep our minds off of it and any other unsolicited advice that was gave as a trick to get pregnant) and still no success.
Our doctors’ next suggestion for us would be IVF as nothing else we have tried has gone through and it all has ended in the results of us not being pregnant. We want and continue to fight for our dream, which is to be parents. So with that being said, here we are stepping out on faith and prayer and moving forward with IVF.
It is expensive (around the price of $18,000.00) and invasive, plus it can be quite scary as it doesn't always work (50% chance of working with our age). Nonetheless we are still stepping out on faith; as we no longer want to hold off on taking that next step for the fear of what if this fails like everything else. We realized that we would regret not trying and we would regret never knowing if it will succeed more than if we never tried at all.
Time isn’t on our side, the longer we wait the less chance of success we have, so we would like to be able to raise at least $5,000.00 to pay for some of the cost for the IVF.
Even though our dream of being parents and having a child isn’t coming the way most people were/are able to conceive children. We can still have it become a possible dream and a reality with the help of doctors and an IVF. We would really like a chance like others have; who haven’t dealt with infertility, to become parents to a child that shares our genetics. This is our main reason for pursuing IVF versus other family building options at this time and we hope to have your support.
So here we are at this step in our road that we never thought we have to take.
We are not asking to raise money for the whole treatment, but just for a small part of the procedure. We are hoping to raise the goal of $5,000.00 by August 27th, 2015, which is the next doctor appointment we have regarding treatment and cost, an appointment that is exactly two weeks after our 4 year wedding anniversary.
Please if you are able to donate we appreciate it. Any amount would help...even if you donate $2 dollars, $5, $10, $50...etc.
We thank you in advance for helping us to keep fighting for our dream to become parents. It means a lot to us and we hope it is in your heart to help us achieve this dream even if it is with a small donation.
Also if you rather donate another way, don't hesitate to email us. Peace, Love and Blessings, from our family to you.
Usually their family “starts to grow” is the next step....usually is the key word here.
It wasn't an usually for us, as we have been trying for several years to have a child and with no success we still remain a small family of two even though we'd love to be more than two.
We've tried a lot of different treatments under the sun to help us overcome infertility and to expand our family. Sadly, our family wasn't/isn't expanding so easily.
We have spent the last 3 ½ years trying to conceive and the last 2 ½ years of that with the help of doctors doing treatments and searching for a reason for our difficult struggle. It is/was very expensive spending these 2 ½ years (almost 3) at doctor appointments that are not covered by insurance; and each step seems to end in the heartbreak of not achieving success.
We have tried several different treatments:
natural
herbal vitamins (fertility blend, etc),
clomid,
IUI (10 failed ones -- some with clomid, some with injectables, some with letrozole),
acupuncture
...we also tried old wives tales.
If you suggested it, we already tried it and yes we relaxed through it all (took vacations, planned other things to keep our minds off of it and any other unsolicited advice that was gave as a trick to get pregnant) and still no success.
Our doctors’ next suggestion for us would be IVF as nothing else we have tried has gone through and it all has ended in the results of us not being pregnant. We want and continue to fight for our dream, which is to be parents. So with that being said, here we are stepping out on faith and prayer and moving forward with IVF.
It is expensive (around the price of $18,000.00) and invasive, plus it can be quite scary as it doesn't always work (50% chance of working with our age). Nonetheless we are still stepping out on faith; as we no longer want to hold off on taking that next step for the fear of what if this fails like everything else. We realized that we would regret not trying and we would regret never knowing if it will succeed more than if we never tried at all.
Time isn’t on our side, the longer we wait the less chance of success we have, so we would like to be able to raise at least $5,000.00 to pay for some of the cost for the IVF.
Even though our dream of being parents and having a child isn’t coming the way most people were/are able to conceive children. We can still have it become a possible dream and a reality with the help of doctors and an IVF. We would really like a chance like others have; who haven’t dealt with infertility, to become parents to a child that shares our genetics. This is our main reason for pursuing IVF versus other family building options at this time and we hope to have your support.
So here we are at this step in our road that we never thought we have to take.
We are not asking to raise money for the whole treatment, but just for a small part of the procedure. We are hoping to raise the goal of $5,000.00 by August 27th, 2015, which is the next doctor appointment we have regarding treatment and cost, an appointment that is exactly two weeks after our 4 year wedding anniversary.
Please if you are able to donate we appreciate it. Any amount would help...even if you donate $2 dollars, $5, $10, $50...etc.
We thank you in advance for helping us to keep fighting for our dream to become parents. It means a lot to us and we hope it is in your heart to help us achieve this dream even if it is with a small donation.
Also if you rather donate another way, don't hesitate to email us. Peace, Love and Blessings, from our family to you.
Organizer
Januari Afrasiabi
Organizer
Long Beach, CA
