Where to begin... We are the Cerny's and this is our Journey to IVF.
My name is Brittany Cerny, I met my husband, Logan Cerny in 2013. Before I met Logan, I had two beautiful baby girls at an early age, Kemrey and Vayda, who were then 4 and 6 years old when we met. Logan and I got married in 2018 and he then vowed to love my girls as his own and be with them forever, giving them their very own promise rings to symbolize his love during our wedding and then legally changing their last names to Cerny in 2019 (per their request to be an official family), those were some of my favorite moments- let me tell you! Tears of happiness all around.
His unconditional love for our girls has always made me so excited and anxious to have children of our own one day... or so we thought.
After marriage, we decided we would seriously start trying to have a baby of our own, soon to find out our journey would be more challenging than predicted.
At first, I wondered if it was me- I had 2 previous C-Sections when I was 20 and 21- I'm now (at that time) 31, perhaps I had something wrong that prohibited getting pregnant now? I went through all the necessary steps of being checked and everything came out clear.
So, on to Logan. After endless dr. appt.'s, X-Rays, blood work tests, sperm samples, biopsies and endless hours of researching everything it could possibly be under the sun, for 2 years!... we finally found out through a scrotal exploration procedure that Logan was born with an abnormal reproductive system. One side of his vas deferens (aka sperm transport) was never formed and the other, completely blocked. We finally had answers, but not the ones we'd hoped for.
What did this mean? Is there a way to fix it? Could we ever get pregnant naturally? Is this the end of the road for us?... We felt defeated. 3 years of trying and trying for nothing. Well, after more dr. appt.'s, a TON of hospital bills, a 7 hour surgery, lots more sperm samples and a VERY, VERY low % rate of the reconstruction surgery being successful... here we are. No change. During the surgery, the surgeon was able to reconnect Logan's vas deferens around the blockage, but warned us that the possibility of it not working was far greater than anything else. Yet, we were hopeful. We have been through so much, this cannot be the end. The doctor was able to remove viable sperm from Logan during the surgery, which we currently have frozen in hopes of using it to make our dreams of our own baby come true one day.
What's stopping us now? You guessed it. Finances.
After putting everything we had in to Logan's reconstructive surgery, hoping our journey would end with a natural pregnancy, we refuse to let this be the end of our story.
So, to our next chapter.
IVF. Scary AF. IVF.
Yes, we are hopeful, yes, we are terrified.
Yes, we need your help.
Unfortunately insurance does not cover anything we’ve been through or anything we plan to go through, so every step we’ve took from 4 years ago up until now has been 100% out of pocket for us... breaking the bank is an understatement.
As private people naturally, we do not like asking for help, especially monetary help- but we have exhausted all options and IVF can cost anywhere between $15-$30k or more from start to finish.
It would mean so much to us to be able to conceive in any way at this point in our journey. It's now going on 4 years of trying, 4 years of me growing older (I'll be 35 this year), 4 years of our chances of IVF being successful dropping with every year that goes by.
What would this mean for us??? To be able to proceed with IVF...
One word...
Everything.
There is not one single day that goes by that we don't wish for our baby.
Our baby who doesn't yet exist.
Our baby that might have my eyes, but I hope they have his, because his are as beautiful as his soul.
Our baby that already is so incredibly loved and has 2 big sisters waiting to spoil him or her with hugs and endless kisses.
Our baby that is worth the fight, worth the wait, worth the tears, worth it all.
All we want is for our story to have a happy ending.
A baby.
Our Cerny baby.
It's a dream, but it's our dream and we hope you'll consider helping us make it a reality. Anything you give would be enormously appreciated with all our being.
Please support us in our IVF Journey with The Cerny's.
My name is Brittany Cerny, I met my husband, Logan Cerny in 2013. Before I met Logan, I had two beautiful baby girls at an early age, Kemrey and Vayda, who were then 4 and 6 years old when we met. Logan and I got married in 2018 and he then vowed to love my girls as his own and be with them forever, giving them their very own promise rings to symbolize his love during our wedding and then legally changing their last names to Cerny in 2019 (per their request to be an official family), those were some of my favorite moments- let me tell you! Tears of happiness all around.
His unconditional love for our girls has always made me so excited and anxious to have children of our own one day... or so we thought.
After marriage, we decided we would seriously start trying to have a baby of our own, soon to find out our journey would be more challenging than predicted.
At first, I wondered if it was me- I had 2 previous C-Sections when I was 20 and 21- I'm now (at that time) 31, perhaps I had something wrong that prohibited getting pregnant now? I went through all the necessary steps of being checked and everything came out clear.
So, on to Logan. After endless dr. appt.'s, X-Rays, blood work tests, sperm samples, biopsies and endless hours of researching everything it could possibly be under the sun, for 2 years!... we finally found out through a scrotal exploration procedure that Logan was born with an abnormal reproductive system. One side of his vas deferens (aka sperm transport) was never formed and the other, completely blocked. We finally had answers, but not the ones we'd hoped for.
What did this mean? Is there a way to fix it? Could we ever get pregnant naturally? Is this the end of the road for us?... We felt defeated. 3 years of trying and trying for nothing. Well, after more dr. appt.'s, a TON of hospital bills, a 7 hour surgery, lots more sperm samples and a VERY, VERY low % rate of the reconstruction surgery being successful... here we are. No change. During the surgery, the surgeon was able to reconnect Logan's vas deferens around the blockage, but warned us that the possibility of it not working was far greater than anything else. Yet, we were hopeful. We have been through so much, this cannot be the end. The doctor was able to remove viable sperm from Logan during the surgery, which we currently have frozen in hopes of using it to make our dreams of our own baby come true one day.
What's stopping us now? You guessed it. Finances.
After putting everything we had in to Logan's reconstructive surgery, hoping our journey would end with a natural pregnancy, we refuse to let this be the end of our story.
So, to our next chapter.
IVF. Scary AF. IVF.
Yes, we are hopeful, yes, we are terrified.
Yes, we need your help.
Unfortunately insurance does not cover anything we’ve been through or anything we plan to go through, so every step we’ve took from 4 years ago up until now has been 100% out of pocket for us... breaking the bank is an understatement.
As private people naturally, we do not like asking for help, especially monetary help- but we have exhausted all options and IVF can cost anywhere between $15-$30k or more from start to finish.
It would mean so much to us to be able to conceive in any way at this point in our journey. It's now going on 4 years of trying, 4 years of me growing older (I'll be 35 this year), 4 years of our chances of IVF being successful dropping with every year that goes by.
What would this mean for us??? To be able to proceed with IVF...
One word...
Everything.
There is not one single day that goes by that we don't wish for our baby.
Our baby who doesn't yet exist.
Our baby that might have my eyes, but I hope they have his, because his are as beautiful as his soul.
Our baby that already is so incredibly loved and has 2 big sisters waiting to spoil him or her with hugs and endless kisses.
Our baby that is worth the fight, worth the wait, worth the tears, worth it all.
All we want is for our story to have a happy ending.
A baby.
Our Cerny baby.
It's a dream, but it's our dream and we hope you'll consider helping us make it a reality. Anything you give would be enormously appreciated with all our being.
Please support us in our IVF Journey with The Cerny's.
