Our Future Little Bundle of Joy
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I never thought that we’d be setting up a Go Fund Me page to grow our family, but then again, I never thought that I’d almost lose my wife twice in 14 months. When Rosie and I started dating, we talked about how we wanted to grow our family. I knew that Rosie was born to be a mother and it was something that she has been dreaming about for a long time. Not to mention my desire for Rosie and I to have a baby of our own.
For the last 4.5 years, Rosie and I have been trying to get pregnant naturally. After a year and a half, we enlisted the help of Boston IVF. However, after our first consultation, we found out that we were able to get pregnant. Everything seemed to be progressing great, until about 8 weeks when we found out that Rosie was having a miscarriage. We were heart broken. We waited the necessary 6 months and started trying again and we also got back in touch with Boston IVF. We ended up having our first implantation and it was a rousing success. Again, we were elated. Sadly, at week 10 we found out that Rosie was having another miscarriage. We were crushed.
We started talking about adoption or surrogacy. However, the price tag was just too great, with adoption running over $50,000 and surrogacy running over $100,000. We weren’t sure what to do, but we knew we had 3 more fertilized eggs left, so we had time to think about all of our options. Once Rosie healed, we talked to Boston IVF, who thought that it was safe to try another treatment. Again, we got pregnant and remained cautiously optimistic. We made it to the twelve week mark, and typically that’s when people feel safe to tell everyone, but we held off. We were too nervous that something would go wrong. However, many more weeks passed and we went to appointments and everything seemed great. At week 19, we started telling everyone. Finally, our dreams were coming true. This was not the case. Things took a turn when Rosie started feeling sick. We went to the hospital and after hearing her symptoms, they rushed her to Boston. When Rosie got to Boston things got a lot worse. They tried to figure out what was wrong, and we were losing time. Rosie was getting sicker and sicker. It got to the point where Rosie was on her deathbed. They called in a surgeon who was not working because if she didn’t have surgery immediately, she was going to die. It turns out that she was diagnosed with HELLP Syndrome, a form of pre-eclampsia. Thankfully, the doctors saved her life, but at 21 weeks, we did lose our baby. It’s been over a year since this happened and it still affects us daily.
Not only are we still paying hospital bills from this traumatic experience, where I almost lost the love of my life, but we got horrendous news that we should never try to get pregnant again. It was too dangerous for Rosie’s health. We were devastated, but understood. However, I was thankful to have Rosie alive and well and in my arms. This was hard for Rosie to hear because she wanted to carry our baby. We revisited the thought about adoption and surrogacy. We talked about how we could possibly save that much money.
Then, the clouds opened up for us and we offered to take part in a research study that has already helped 20 people who were in similar situations to mine and Rosie’s. This seemed like a great option and we even had two viable embryos left. With great excitement we contacted Boston IVF, but they refused to help saying it was too dangerous. We even contacted other IVF agencies, but they felt the same way. We were devastated… again. We have been trying naturally ever since, but with no luck.
Our lives will be forever changed because on October 8, 2020 Rosie had a heart attack due to a blood clot. After a lengthy discussion we realized that there was really only one conclusion. Even though the blood clot has nothing to do with trying to get pregnant, Rosie and I should never try again as it is just too dangerous to her health. With no other options, we reach out to you all with an open heart and ask for your help to continue our path in growing our family. I would not be able to express how much your donation would mean to us. Adoption and surrogacy are our only real options and is not something that we could afford without your help. Anything that you could donate towards our dream would be appreciated and know that it would go towards a very loving family.
Please know that all of the money we raise will go towards paying Rosie's hospital bills and for our future little bundle of joy.
For the last 4.5 years, Rosie and I have been trying to get pregnant naturally. After a year and a half, we enlisted the help of Boston IVF. However, after our first consultation, we found out that we were able to get pregnant. Everything seemed to be progressing great, until about 8 weeks when we found out that Rosie was having a miscarriage. We were heart broken. We waited the necessary 6 months and started trying again and we also got back in touch with Boston IVF. We ended up having our first implantation and it was a rousing success. Again, we were elated. Sadly, at week 10 we found out that Rosie was having another miscarriage. We were crushed.
We started talking about adoption or surrogacy. However, the price tag was just too great, with adoption running over $50,000 and surrogacy running over $100,000. We weren’t sure what to do, but we knew we had 3 more fertilized eggs left, so we had time to think about all of our options. Once Rosie healed, we talked to Boston IVF, who thought that it was safe to try another treatment. Again, we got pregnant and remained cautiously optimistic. We made it to the twelve week mark, and typically that’s when people feel safe to tell everyone, but we held off. We were too nervous that something would go wrong. However, many more weeks passed and we went to appointments and everything seemed great. At week 19, we started telling everyone. Finally, our dreams were coming true. This was not the case. Things took a turn when Rosie started feeling sick. We went to the hospital and after hearing her symptoms, they rushed her to Boston. When Rosie got to Boston things got a lot worse. They tried to figure out what was wrong, and we were losing time. Rosie was getting sicker and sicker. It got to the point where Rosie was on her deathbed. They called in a surgeon who was not working because if she didn’t have surgery immediately, she was going to die. It turns out that she was diagnosed with HELLP Syndrome, a form of pre-eclampsia. Thankfully, the doctors saved her life, but at 21 weeks, we did lose our baby. It’s been over a year since this happened and it still affects us daily.
Not only are we still paying hospital bills from this traumatic experience, where I almost lost the love of my life, but we got horrendous news that we should never try to get pregnant again. It was too dangerous for Rosie’s health. We were devastated, but understood. However, I was thankful to have Rosie alive and well and in my arms. This was hard for Rosie to hear because she wanted to carry our baby. We revisited the thought about adoption and surrogacy. We talked about how we could possibly save that much money.
Then, the clouds opened up for us and we offered to take part in a research study that has already helped 20 people who were in similar situations to mine and Rosie’s. This seemed like a great option and we even had two viable embryos left. With great excitement we contacted Boston IVF, but they refused to help saying it was too dangerous. We even contacted other IVF agencies, but they felt the same way. We were devastated… again. We have been trying naturally ever since, but with no luck.
Our lives will be forever changed because on October 8, 2020 Rosie had a heart attack due to a blood clot. After a lengthy discussion we realized that there was really only one conclusion. Even though the blood clot has nothing to do with trying to get pregnant, Rosie and I should never try again as it is just too dangerous to her health. With no other options, we reach out to you all with an open heart and ask for your help to continue our path in growing our family. I would not be able to express how much your donation would mean to us. Adoption and surrogacy are our only real options and is not something that we could afford without your help. Anything that you could donate towards our dream would be appreciated and know that it would go towards a very loving family.
Please know that all of the money we raise will go towards paying Rosie's hospital bills and for our future little bundle of joy.
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Rosie Previti
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Plymouth, MA