Hello Everyone!
It took days of us reflecting over this and even through immense trepidation we have made the decision to ask for support to help us grow our family via IVF (in vitro fertilization) treatment.
We are Mirelle (36) and Abel (41)
Our journey began about 11 years ago. We got married in December 2009 and shortly after started trying to have a family. It took a while so we started treatments and finally in 2013 got pregnant. Unfortunately, at 6 weeks we lost the pregnancy. We waited a few months and began to try again for a family. Miraculously, in 2015 we got pregnant for the second time. We were able to see the baby and see it’s heartbeat, but sadly we lost the baby at 8 weeks. That loss was very difficult on us.
I (Mirelle) have several fertility and reproductive issues that prevent me from getting pregnant and staying pregnant. After failing to get pregnant with the assistance of medication, IUIs, and other medical treatments, we have been told that our last option is to undergo IVF treatments. Our age makes this even more time pressing.
We truly long to become parents. For those that know us, starting a family of our own is a big dream of ours. 11 years and having pregnancy losses has not been easy for us emotionally, physically or financially. This is our last resort.
Unfortunately, IVF costs between $20-24k and this does not include all of the medication that will be needed to sustain the pregnancy should the treatment work. We have some savings but only enough to cover a very small fraction of the cost.
If you’ve already read this far, THANK YOU! Please know that asking for help was not a decision we took lightly and it definitely is not easy. All of this feels too big for us…too impossible at times. We are trying to open ourselves up to receiving and push past our embarrassment of asking for monetary help. We truly want to become parents more than anything. We will do anything to fight for what we hope is our future children and ask for help. There has been lots of praying, lots of crying, frustration, grief and even some anger at times, but we are not giving up. We promise that any support given will go towards creating our family.
If you would like to help us in our journey to becoming parents, we would greatly appreciate it. If you do not want to give a monetary donation we understand, but we would really really appreciate prayers! God bless you!
Love,
Abel and Mirelle Acuña