Help The Copson’s Expand Their Family♥️

Our Journey 

After a lot of thinking I figured I would give this a shot because what’s the worst that could happen right?

8 years ago I met the love of my life through mutual friends. We fell madly in-love and it has been this way ever since. After the discovery of two non-cancerous tumours on my left ovary at the young age of 16 it was determined that I would likely never get pregnant on my own. I stopped taking birth control and gave up on wanting to be a mother as I never thought it would happen.


One day after THREE years I discovered I was pregnant. I was overjoyed and riddled with pure excitement. I never thought that I would be a mom. I never thought that it would happen to me. On January 20th 2016 we welcomed our beautiful son into the world. We felt truly blessed to say the least.


After my son was born I continued my studies in college while Chris worked. It was just the three us living life no matter what it through at us.


We had considered having more kids however after our son was diagnosed with autism we decided we wanted to focus on him and his needs first before adding another baby into the mix.

When our son turned 4 years old my husband and I decided it was time for one more. We were so excited at the thought of Keston becoming a big brother as he loves babies and all children.


So at the beginning of our trying to conceive journey we booked a preconception appointment. We wanted to be completely sure that we were healthy especially myself as it took us 3 years to conceive our son Keston who is a beautiful, bright 5 years old boy who would do anything for a baby brother or sister.

After our preconception ultrasound appointment I was diagnosed with Adenomyosis. I was absolutely devastated. For those our you who don’t know what that is Adenomyosis is a condition in which the inner lining of the uterus (the endometrium) breaks through the muscle wall of the uterus (the myometrium). Adenomyosis can cause menstrual cramps, lower abdominal pressure, and bloating before menstrual periods and can result in heavy periods as well as infertility.


After receiving that diagnosis I was absolutely devastated and crushed. I couldn’t believe the news I had just received. As a result of the diagnosis my husband and I were immediately referred to a fertility specialist. We started doing cycle monitoring. Cycle monitoring is a process of observing a woman throughout her menstrual cycle to observe a range of factors, such as how a follicle in the ovary develops during the cycle; to measure blood hormone levels throughout this process; and to determine whether and when ovulation is occurring.


My clinic determined that ovulated on my own which is great however I began taking fertility medications such as Letrozole to help. After I was still unable to get pregnant with the combination of medications and cycle monitoring I completed a Sonohysterogram and my husband completed a semen analysis as well. Both of our results were fantastic which gave me hope just for a moment.


We have now been diagnosed with “Unexplained Secondary Infertility” After our diagnosis we moved forward with the IUI + trigger shot process. An IUI (Intrauterine insemination) is a type of artificial insemination and is a procedure for treating infertility. Sperm that have been washed and concentrated are placed directly in your uterus around the time your ovary releases one or more eggs to be fertilized.


We have still been unsuccessful in our journey. And have had to make the painful decision of pursuing IVF and have recently been put on the wait list. IVF is the process of manually fertilizing eggs with sperm in a lab, then transferring the embryo into the uterus. Thankfully in Ontario, there is funding for this however any fertility drugs needed which is about $7000-$10000+  per IVF cycle are not covered.


After learning the cost of the medication my partner and I have been absolutely devastated and besides ourselves. We kept saying “why can’t we just make a baby the old fashioned way” However as much fun as that was things don’t work out that way for us.


Month after month and negative after negative we feel ourselves falling apart more and more each time. This journey has caused so many tears and so much heart break. We want nothing more than to expand our family and give our son the baby brother or sister he so badly deserves.


Thank you for taking the time to listen to our story. We appreciate anything that you are able to give in order for us to try and get baby Copson number 2! 


Thank you for your love and support through it all.♥️♥️