Help Josephine & Timothy's IVF Dream

We are the FREDERKINGS! We are asking your help. Please hear our story about our IVF Journey. .My name is Josephine and have been married to my husband Timothy for 10 years.

I want to share our emotionally draining and agonizing ongoing journey after several attempts of IVF treatments. After seeing 2 Doctors here in Las Vegas, I was told by my first Doctor that though I was 40, my ovaries were that of a 44 year old woman, but I did end up with one egg after a couple of protocols. We had high hopes after hearing this but unfortunately my one precious egg never reached the embryo stage because it failed to blast. We changed Doctors here in Las Vegas and he suggested a Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) process which supposedly works by boosting my egg count significantly. The PRP was done quickly because it is suppose to be done 2 months prior to starting the IVF treatment despite the high cost which includes 2 or 3 medications needed. Again, we were hopeful this would work but our hopes were short lived because my eggs were not responding to the PRP nor were they developing, so the Doctor cancelled everything and were told to wait a couple of months and try all over again but unfortunately after a couple of protocols, my eggs did not blast and our hopes were shot down again.

So, we decided to change Doctors again and after extensive research found a highly rated good Doctor in California who was highly recommended by someone. The cost of flying back and forth in addition to hotel and car expenses was stressful and exhausting but hopeful, because seeing this Doctor gave us peace of mind under his guidance. I started taking acupuncture tried to to lower my stress level. My Doctor advised me that the most important factor before I can start IVF treatments is making sure my FSH (Hormone) levels were low (below 10). Unfortunately my levels were very high but after a couple of months and a lot of worrying, I was able to to get my FSH down to a normal level. So my hopes soared again and everything was coming together.

The journey started again, flying back and forth from Nevada to California. On top of that, I was able to cope from stress while I was still working because I could not afford to take time off. Finally my egg quality was higher than before. 3 eggs were retrieved, 2 were fertilized but unfortunately only one egg became an embryo (blast). We came to the point where the only obstacle to overcome was waiting for the PGT (chromosome testing). This test takes 2 weeks to get results. It seemed like the longest and scariest 2 weeks of my life, all the time worrying and praying every day and night for normal results. All our hopes came crashing down again when the Doctor called us to give us the bad news that the PGT test was abnormal due to 2 missing chromosomes and not compatible with life so couldn't be implanted. We were devastated and the agony was intense. I had many sleepless and crying nights even putting a strain on our marriage. To spend all that money and putting my body through all that physical torture with multiple medicine injections as well as mental torture, especially knowing all the side effects and risk factors from medicine caused so much stress on my body.

We are still desperate to try again but we can't stop worrying about this massive financial toll because the price tag placed on our dream. Due to my age, I'm running out of time. My husband and I have never had children.

Our hope is that we can raise enough money to start this expensive process again so that we can fulfill our dream of becoming parents to an amazing little boy or girl.

Any donation amount would mean the world to us!

Thank you for reading our story and your generosity! God bless you all!