Hope for a Baby Gibbons
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Stephanie and Austin Gibbons are an amazing couple whom everyone that knows them looks up to and aspires to find a love like theirs. With their mutual love of Disney characters and everything country, they really couldn’t be more perfect for each other. But there’s one thing missing from their live’s that keeps them from attaining their Disney like fairytale, a baby. They have been through so much heartache on their journey to conceive and now are turning to In Vitro as their last chance to give the world another incredible person to encounter. Their friends and family would love nothing more than to see their dreams come true. Please donate, every little bit helps. This is an expensive procedure and with their previous medical expenses they need as much help as you can give. Below is Stephanie and Austin’s traumatic journey to conceive in her words.
We had been trying to get pregnant for about a year. I took a pregnancy test one day... and it was positive! The next day, actually that night, I started bleeding and was in an insane amount of pain. Austin rushed me to the ER. Nobody really knew what was going on, I was having tests ran and ultrasounds done. Finally after all the tests, they said I was about 8 weeks pregnant, but it was an Ectopic pregnancy. Basically what that means is my fertilized egg didn't make it all the way to my uterus. It had attached to my fallopian tube. My fallopian tube ruptured, and I’d have to be cut open much like a C section with a birth. They had to remove my entire fallopian tube to get rid of the fertilized egg. I spent about 3 days in the hospital, had staples along my stomach, and was out of work for about 2 weeks. This all happened in June of 2015. Now fast forward 3 months later, it all was happening again, like it was a bad nightmare that I just wanted to go away. I woke up in the middle of the night with an intense pain that I could not handle. Again my poor husband had to rush me to the ER. I wasn't bleeding yet, but I had to use the restroom after we finally got a room in the ER. As soon as I got up and seen blood, I knew what was happening, the exact same thing I went through 3 months prior. I had to explain to the nurse what I felt was happening. Again I had pregnancy tests ran, I had multiple ultrasounds done. They confirmed it was another Ectopic pregnancy. Of course I only had one fallopian tube left at this point, and my fertilized egg was stuck in my last tube. During my night at the ER, I had passed out literally in my husband’s arms as I was walking back from the restroom back to my room in the ER. In his words, “It was the scariest moment of my life having to literally catch my wife in my arms as she was fainting.” I finally came too, and I was hoping it was all a nightmare...but it wasn't. I finally was getting a room in the hospital, and getting prepped for surgery. This time they were hoping for the best, that they could possibly save my tube to try and help with future pregnancies. They had informed me that I had lost about a liter of blood and it was just floating in my lower stomach because the tube had ruptured again. That was the reason I had passed out and fainted multiple times that night. I had to get into surgery ASAP because I had lost so much blood. All I remember was the surgeon saying she is going to try her best to repair my last tube but she won't be able to know for sure until she is able to see. The good news was she was able to take it out laparoscopically, which means I didn't need to be cut open again. But the bad news was she did have to take the entire tube and could not repair it. So after these two awful experiences, losing 2 pregnancies, and now not being able to get pregnant naturally. My only choice to try and carry my own child is to try In Vitro. As my husband and I start research on this, we see that the cost is insane. It's a very expensive process, and we basically lose all hope. It is our dream to try this process so we can try and have a child of our own. I want nothing more than to be a mother and be able to carry my child one day.
Stephanie is not one to ask for help. She is the most generous person you will ever meet. She wouldn’t want to burden anyone with her need for help and that is why her friends are starting this account. I had to beg her for once in her life to let someone help her and to let us do this. After some convincing she agreed. It made me sad when she told me she couldn’t proof read her bio because she cried so much while writing it. So again, please donate, even as little as $5.00. Let’s show Stephanie and Austin how many of us care about them and that we would be honored to help them get their fairytale ending!
We had been trying to get pregnant for about a year. I took a pregnancy test one day... and it was positive! The next day, actually that night, I started bleeding and was in an insane amount of pain. Austin rushed me to the ER. Nobody really knew what was going on, I was having tests ran and ultrasounds done. Finally after all the tests, they said I was about 8 weeks pregnant, but it was an Ectopic pregnancy. Basically what that means is my fertilized egg didn't make it all the way to my uterus. It had attached to my fallopian tube. My fallopian tube ruptured, and I’d have to be cut open much like a C section with a birth. They had to remove my entire fallopian tube to get rid of the fertilized egg. I spent about 3 days in the hospital, had staples along my stomach, and was out of work for about 2 weeks. This all happened in June of 2015. Now fast forward 3 months later, it all was happening again, like it was a bad nightmare that I just wanted to go away. I woke up in the middle of the night with an intense pain that I could not handle. Again my poor husband had to rush me to the ER. I wasn't bleeding yet, but I had to use the restroom after we finally got a room in the ER. As soon as I got up and seen blood, I knew what was happening, the exact same thing I went through 3 months prior. I had to explain to the nurse what I felt was happening. Again I had pregnancy tests ran, I had multiple ultrasounds done. They confirmed it was another Ectopic pregnancy. Of course I only had one fallopian tube left at this point, and my fertilized egg was stuck in my last tube. During my night at the ER, I had passed out literally in my husband’s arms as I was walking back from the restroom back to my room in the ER. In his words, “It was the scariest moment of my life having to literally catch my wife in my arms as she was fainting.” I finally came too, and I was hoping it was all a nightmare...but it wasn't. I finally was getting a room in the hospital, and getting prepped for surgery. This time they were hoping for the best, that they could possibly save my tube to try and help with future pregnancies. They had informed me that I had lost about a liter of blood and it was just floating in my lower stomach because the tube had ruptured again. That was the reason I had passed out and fainted multiple times that night. I had to get into surgery ASAP because I had lost so much blood. All I remember was the surgeon saying she is going to try her best to repair my last tube but she won't be able to know for sure until she is able to see. The good news was she was able to take it out laparoscopically, which means I didn't need to be cut open again. But the bad news was she did have to take the entire tube and could not repair it. So after these two awful experiences, losing 2 pregnancies, and now not being able to get pregnant naturally. My only choice to try and carry my own child is to try In Vitro. As my husband and I start research on this, we see that the cost is insane. It's a very expensive process, and we basically lose all hope. It is our dream to try this process so we can try and have a child of our own. I want nothing more than to be a mother and be able to carry my child one day.
Stephanie is not one to ask for help. She is the most generous person you will ever meet. She wouldn’t want to burden anyone with her need for help and that is why her friends are starting this account. I had to beg her for once in her life to let someone help her and to let us do this. After some convincing she agreed. It made me sad when she told me she couldn’t proof read her bio because she cried so much while writing it. So again, please donate, even as little as $5.00. Let’s show Stephanie and Austin how many of us care about them and that we would be honored to help them get their fairytale ending!
Organizer and beneficiary
Kristin Gaines
Organizer
Tucson, AZ
Stephanie Gibbons
Beneficiary