IVF Miracle - Making Baby Baskett

Zoe Baskett is organizing this fundraiser.

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Hey everyone, we’re Hunter and Zoe Baskett! We’ve been together almost 6 years and married for 3 1/2 of those years. We have adopted 2 sweet dogs in that time, have seen 11 states, 1 country, and have already made countless memories. We love to travel, eat good food, and find deals at garage sales. Our life has been very giving in so many aspects and we truly are blessed! We were able to buy a custom home on an acre (our dream home at that) and we also painted the entire outside ourselves which makes us take that much more pride in building our roots here. Although, in our grateful 6 years, we’ve overcome many obstacles meant to tear us down. It has in no way been easy, but it’s been worth it time and time again. Our biggest obstacle we’ve had to battle so far is infertility. Infertility is unforgiving, ruthless, and confusing. We’ve been fighting with our bodies for 2 1/2 years now. That’s 30 cycles of pain, hopelessness, and anger. I’ll back track real quick… When you’re a woman and you tell your OBGYN that you’re trying for a family, they ask you how long it’s been since you first started trying. If it’s been less than a year, they tell you to keep trying until you hit the year mark and only until then will we discuss other options. Well, if you get to that point like we did, most OB’s recommend you see a fertility specialist because generally female anatomy and babies are the root of their specialty. My wonderful OB ended up sending my referral to MCRM Fertility Clinic. The day I last saw my OB was in April of this year, and to tell you all that I cried about our reality is an understatement. I won’t go in to the whole detail about male/female factor in regards to infertility, but after some testing, we were told we had male factor. In May of this year, already knowing our diagnosis, we met with one of the NP’s at our fertility clinic and requested to begin IUI (intrauterine insemination). This process is for women that do/don’t ovulate which is controlled by medication regardless, and for men with better odds relating to their diagnosis. We did our first IUI on July 1st, which failed, and they also found out that I am prone to ovarian cysts. Cysts are common and don’t directly affect fertility, but it could also mean I’m not releasing my most mature egg. Moving on, our second IUI was on August 23rd and the final one wasn’t until November 24th. All had failed, with not even a faint positive to show for. By December 8th, when we received the phone call that our final IUI had failed, it didn’t surprise us. Upon talking to our NP, I told her we’re ready to do IVF instead of another IUI which she was agreeable to since we have had zero luck with IUI. IVF is invitro fertilization and it pretty much means our baby(ies) will be fertilized in a petri-dish until ready to be transferred to my uterus (to add, there is definitely way more that goes in to this process). The odds of IVF success compared to IUI are atleast 55% to 34%. All we’ve wanted for years now is to be parents and we’re truly at a crossroads on what else to do to make our dreams a reality. IVF isn’t covered by insurance, therefore all procedures, medications, ultrasounds, etc. are out of pocket. If anyone knows us, you know this is an incredibly difficult thing to ask of our family and friends, but we don’t have another option if we want to start our own family. They do say “it takes a village”, and any contribution to Make Baby Baskett would be wholeheartedly appreciated. Thank you so much in advance and all the love to our amazing village.