Heather & Steve's Baby Wish

My name is Georgina and I'm the mother of Heather. When my daughter and son in law told me they had to use medical intervention to help achieve a pregnancy, I was very sad. They did not chose this situation and I felt that I wanted to help them in anyway I could. I've decided to do this fundraiser to help them raise money for the very expensive IVF procedures because we do not want them to feel like they are in this alone. None of the expenses  associated with IVF are covered under their insurance, unfortunately. 

I asked Heather & Steve to tell you a little about their story ...(Please Read)

Family and friends,
We wanted to let everyone know what’s been going on personally with us the last 2 years. I’m sure most of you are wondering why we haven’t announced a pregnancy yet, or mentioned it to most of you. Truth is, we’ve been trying... very hard for a long time. We started trying in January 2018 right after our wedding. Had a bunch of blood work and tests done and thought we’d be pregnant in no time. 3, 6, 12 months passed and nothing. More tests for me and Steve. We found out that we had one issue with Steve’s swimmers and I wasn’t ovulating at the same time every month. We met with more doctors and they said it was fine and to keep trying. Well another year passed and we’d had enough. In September 2019 we saw a specialist and he pretty much blamed it all on Steve.  We were heartbroken and didn’t believe him. We met with my obstetrician and she disagreed with the specialist and put me on a special medication to produce more than one egg each month to give more chances for fertilization(pregnancy). We tried that for 3 months and nothing happened. This journey has been heartbreaking to say the least. I don’t know why this is our struggle but it’s the cards we’ve been dealt. We decided to meet with another specialist in January 2020 and he said we could try a couple things but our best chance at this point was IVF(in-vitro fertilization). IVF consists of injections daily for a while, an egg retrieval surgery, making of the embryos, and then a transfer procedure to put the embryo back inside. It was a harsh reality I knew was coming. I then went through tons of tests, genetic screening, blood work, a saline sonogram, 2D/3D ultrasounds, and finally a hysterscopy. A procedure/surgery where they put you to sleep and go in with a camera to check your uterus. You want “perfect” conditions for ivf. At that time they removed a tiny polyp(not cancerous thankfully) and did a D&C to freshen the lining of my uterus. I’ve recovered from that and had been on pretreatment. 3 medications and 13 vitamins before we were set to start injections the end of March. Well there are other things happening(covid) and now we are postponed again. The waiting game is what kills us.   We can’t believe we have to go through all of this to have our dream of a family come true, it’s something I feared but never thought would happen. The problem with ivf is that none of it is covered with insurance because I guess they think infertility is a choice? IVF will cost thousands and thousands of dollars. We’ve already spent so much money on all the appointments and testing, it’s very hard.

When my mom told me she wanted to do a gofundme for us, I immediately said no. But after my sister told us that people care about us and just want to know what’s happening, I decided to give up a little control. If you can give us anything towards our journey we will be so thankful and grateful. If you can’t, please pray for us and send us all the positive vibes. We are just starting this crazy ride. If you have any questions, feel free to ask us 
Love you all,
Heather & Steve