Help Taylor and Adam Build Their Family

There are few things harder than wanting to be a parent and just not having it happen as easily as you would have expected. This is how we started our amazing friendship with Taylor. Our relationship was forged by stories of grief and hope as we all started sharing our journey and hardships to make parenthood happen. When Emma and I found out about Taylor and Adam's infertility journey, as friends and women who also know the struggle, we wanted to help them as much as possible as they move to build the family of their dreams.

Let's rally together around Taylor and Adam, illuminating their path with hope, resilience, and the promise of a brighter future—one that includes the joy of parenthood, whether through biological means or adoption. Your generosity will forever be woven into the tapestry of their journey, a testament to the profound impact that community can have in shaping lives. By contributing, you're not just providing financial assistance, but also sending a powerful message of empathy and solidarity.

After years of friendship, hope, and tears, we knew it was finally time for us to step in and ask all of you who love Taylor and Adam like we do the hard question: Can you help support their dreams of being parents?

Fertility Journey in Taylor's words-

My husband Adam and I got married in August of 2019. Not knowing where we would be today, we decided to wait a year before trying to start our family. A year later, in August 2020 we were so excited to expand our family and unfortunately months passed with no luck.

At the very early stages of trying, maybe 6 months in, I made an appointment to talk to my Obgyn about my irregular cycles. She did initial blood work and it came up that I was actually pregnant (this turned out to be a chemical pregnancy or very early miscarriage).

I was then dismissed by my first fertility doctor because I had only been trying for 8 months and his first comment was “looks like you already got pregnant once”. But I knew something wasn’t right. He prescribed me Clomid, said “give this a try and come back if it doesn't work, but I am sure it will work”. Of course it did not.

My next fertility doctor ran all of the fertility tests (bloodwork, ultrasounds, and HSG test) and diagnosed me with PCOS but even worse, I found out I had endometrial hyperplasia with atypia (severe precancerous cells in the uterus, one step away from cancer). This would mean I would have to stop trying and get an IUD (birth control) placed to treat it.

Prior to that diagnosis, we had tried Clomid and Letrozole with our new fertility doctor and did find a dose that worked but never had any success getting pregnant because of the hyperplasia. After 3 months, the hyperplasia was gone and we began trying again, only for the hyperplasia to return (this time without atypia) at my 3 month check up.

I was then treated with an IUD (birth control) again, this time for 6 months, and after 2 clear biopsies, I received the green light to proceed with IVF.

Our first IVF experience was full of ups and downs as it is for any IVF patient. We began stims (medication for an egg retrieval) April of 2023 and everything seemed to go as planned. I had an egg retrieval done at CNY Syracuse in May 2023. 26 eggs retrieved, only 7 mature, 6 fertilized, and ended up with 3 healthy embryos.

Our first transfer in June 2023 ended in a chemical pregnancy while the second transfer (July 2023) failed completely. We are now left with 1 embryo.

Before attempting to transfer our last embryo, my fertility doctors recommended that I have surgery to check on my fallopian tubes and uterus via camera. They also took tissue to be tested due to my history of hyperplasia. To all of our surprise, the pathology report came back indicating that the pre-cancerous cells were back and this time just as severe as the first time. This led us back to my OBGYN oncologist which led me back on birth control yet again. This time for at least 8 months.

While we have not given up hope on having a biological child, we know that to have the family we have always wanted, we will have to pursue adoption. This comes with a whole new set of expenses we never anticipated.

This whole journey has been something I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy but although it has been extremely difficult, I have learned to be strong and resilient and I have leaned on my husband, family, and friends to get me through the hard days. Adam has been my rock through it all and I know we are so blessed to have each other. I have faith that one day it will all be worth it and we will have the family we have always dreamed of.