My husband, Dennis, and I are about to go through IVF.
For those who dont know, we have been pregnant four times since 2011. Our first baby we miscarried at 11 weeks. A normal miscarrige we were told. Our second baby we had to terminate at 21 weeks because our baby had no kidneys and no amniotic fluid. He was in emergency mode. If we didnt terminate he would slowly pass. It was so heartbreaking. We waited awhile and tried again a couple months later. I made it to 6 weeks and found out at the er that i was having an ectopic pregnancy. My fallopian tube ruptured and i unfortunatley lost my right tube. That was extremely painful and devastatiing. We waited almost a year to try again. Baby fever took over and we were pregnant again. This time, i was monitored every 4 weeks with ultra sounds and blood work. I was with a high risk md. At 16 weeks, we found out it happened again. NO kidneys or amniotic fluid. After terminating the pregnancy due to the baby being on emergancy mode, we went to a genetic counsoler. She found out Dennis and I are carriers of the same rare genetic syndrome, FRASERS. Which is a terminal syndrome. Even if i made it to full term and delivered, the doctors said the baby would only live for a few hours, if that long.
( if you would like to know more about frasers please visit my blog at www.montesanoivfjourney.com )
SOOOOOO.....
We are now on the IVF route doing pgd (which is the screenings for genetic issues in the delevoping eggs. We can tell which eggs have frasers)
I for one never wanted to go this route because I am very independant and HATE asking for anything from anyone. But i need to buck up and realize that this process is super expensive and if we want our beautiful baby this is the way to go to help out with the bills.
So in advance I am so thankful for the people in our lives and all the help and support you have given us.
We are trying to start our IVF cycle in june. So any help you can contribute would be overly generous and helpful towards the IVF journey ahead.
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For those who dont know, we have been pregnant four times since 2011. Our first baby we miscarried at 11 weeks. A normal miscarrige we were told. Our second baby we had to terminate at 21 weeks because our baby had no kidneys and no amniotic fluid. He was in emergency mode. If we didnt terminate he would slowly pass. It was so heartbreaking. We waited awhile and tried again a couple months later. I made it to 6 weeks and found out at the er that i was having an ectopic pregnancy. My fallopian tube ruptured and i unfortunatley lost my right tube. That was extremely painful and devastatiing. We waited almost a year to try again. Baby fever took over and we were pregnant again. This time, i was monitored every 4 weeks with ultra sounds and blood work. I was with a high risk md. At 16 weeks, we found out it happened again. NO kidneys or amniotic fluid. After terminating the pregnancy due to the baby being on emergancy mode, we went to a genetic counsoler. She found out Dennis and I are carriers of the same rare genetic syndrome, FRASERS. Which is a terminal syndrome. Even if i made it to full term and delivered, the doctors said the baby would only live for a few hours, if that long.
( if you would like to know more about frasers please visit my blog at www.montesanoivfjourney.com )
SOOOOOO.....
We are now on the IVF route doing pgd (which is the screenings for genetic issues in the delevoping eggs. We can tell which eggs have frasers)
I for one never wanted to go this route because I am very independant and HATE asking for anything from anyone. But i need to buck up and realize that this process is super expensive and if we want our beautiful baby this is the way to go to help out with the bills.
So in advance I am so thankful for the people in our lives and all the help and support you have given us.
We are trying to start our IVF cycle in june. So any help you can contribute would be overly generous and helpful towards the IVF journey ahead.
<3<3<3