Hi everyone,

This journey has already taken more from me than I ever imagined.

After multiple miscarriages including an ectopic pregnancy, missed miscarriage, miscarriage and the loss of our most beautiful baby girl Luna Lyon I really felt like I had nothing left.

But as age was not on my side, the fear kicked in and took over my life so we decided to go for IVF.

We had one round in the UK which left me so poorly after and ended with a failed transfer.

Unfortunately, we would have needed to get a loan to even have a chance of doing another round in the UK as the system is made to rip off its citizens.

Anyone who knows me knows that I would struggle to go anywhere else but it felt like the only option so we worked ourselves into the ground to try and put every penny away and after extensive research we had another round in Turkey.

Going through the most draining, emotional, scary experience abroad left me in a dark place. Our hearts were broken when again it didn’t work. The specialist fertility hospital has also said that I need to have a correction surgery on my uterus to improve my chances of implantation which again is another cost and deeply terrifying.

Both me and Marcus have given up so much to prioritise this as it is all we want.

All we want is to have our own baby at home in our arms but I am terrified that time is running out.

I will continue, to do everything I can—physically, emotionally, and mentally—to prepare my body for another chance.

IVF is incredibly demanding, and the financial cost makes it even harder to keep going. We now need to raise funds in quite a short time for another round of IVF so I can try one more time.

Asking for help is not easy, but this dream is bigger than my pride.

Any donation, no matter how small, brings me closer to the chance of becoming a mum. And if you can’t donate, sharing or sending love means just as much.

I know so many of you have been on this journey with us and I am so grateful for you all.

Thank you for reading, for caring, and for helping me hold onto hope.❤️

All our love - Amanda & Marcus ️❤️