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Fertility for baby ferguson

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Hi everyone. Thank you for even opening this and reading it and if you do decide to donate we truly appreciate it. So I will start our story and explain what we are doing and why we are asking for help. Kevin and I met 8 years ago at work. we both worked for Quaker steak and lube. We ended up dating after many attempts by kevin to get me to even answer his texts. We moved from my home state ( kevin is from Ohio) of Illinois and traveled and lived in a few states before buying our home in Ohio. I have been off birth control for almost 13 years and even before dating Kevin I had been diagnosed with unexplained infertility. I told kevin this before we even started dating bc...well u don't keep something like that from someone who may potentially be starting a life with. Well needless to say we never not tried to have a baby, if you know what I mean. We started seeing a fertility specialist to try and get maybe just a few answers years ago even tho we both knew my previous diagnosis. Well as we all know life happened and we never got to get very far with it and then to our surprise june 5th 2019 WE FOUND OUT WE WERE HAVING A BABY!!!!!!   Excitement is not even the word for what we were. I don't even think there is a word for the feelings we had. finally after 7 years we were having A BABY!!!! And to make it even more special we found out we got pregnant April 27th 2019. OUR 7 YEAR ANNIVERSARY. The nurse proceeds to tell me over the phone as I made my VERY FIRST pregnancy appt that not only did we conceive on our anniversary this little miracle baby was gonna make it debut on Febuary 9th 2020. My 37th BIRTHDAY!!!!  I couldn't believe it. This little miracle had so many special dates floating all around it. The baby we had prayed so hard for. The baby I yearned for with all my heart and soul. Fast forward to June 11th 2019, we are 5 weeks pregnant. I woke up to use the restroom and I noticed something just wasn't quite right.  I phoned the doctor and set up an appt.  On june 12th We had an ultrasound and were told that our pregnancy was NOT VIABLE.  We were having what was called a cervical ectopic pregnancy.  Our baby would not make it and we were told time was of the essence. not only were we losing our baby but we were running an extremely high risk of my losing my life. We were rushed to the E.R. in Akron, Ohio to be monitored and for a second opinion. Well their opinion was the same. I was sent home with strict instructions and had an appt set up for June 14th at Akrons Maternal Fetal Medicine where we would spend the next 3 months once a week watching our baby dissolve before our eyes. I ended up a total of 5 doses of methotrexate, ( a chemo therapy drug to stop cell growth) we had more ultrasounds than I can even count and a huge medical bill. And nothing but sadness to bring home.   After months of self healing and physical healing and the ok from our doctor Kevin and I decided to start trying again. Well as you can guess things haven't changed and we are now going back down the fertility road again. We have found an amazing fertility clinic in New York called CNY FERTILITY. We had a phone consultation and will be starting treatments with them. I will be having 2 surgeries to be tested for PCOS, Endometriosis, and Adenomyosis.  As we all know fertility is not something that insurance likes to help with and unfortunately we are part of that boat. Between all the testing, monitoring, medicine, treatments, and traveling to make our little miracle baby, our little baby Fergie, We will be looking at some pretty serious expenses. These medicines can cost up to $4500 a/mnth.  We have tried countless months and years trying to conceive and all we want is to grow our family. The heart break of losing our baby in june is a pain I wish no one to ever feel.  We set up.my surgeries next week and this will begin our journey!!!! We have done tons of research on this facility and other facilities around our area and this one has the best chances of being able to help us.  We are reaching out to our families, friends, community and asking for help.  We have been and will continue to save money to make our rainbow baby.  And we are applying for grants and financing as well but we also know that this will be extremely heavy financially and any help would be appreciated. All donations will go towards fertility treatments, medications, surgeries, and testing. Please share our story with everyone on your facebook page and help us fertilize baby ferguson.
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    Amanda Bitschenauer
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    Youngstown, OH

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