Jill & Lee williams IVF Round Two

Lee and Jill meet in 2008 through mutual college friends. After dating for four years Lee asked Jill to marry him. In June of 2012 they tied the knot. Within a month of marriage they set out to South Padre Island due to a military assignment. After getting settled they decided the time was right to start growing their family.  After trying naturally for 6 months with no luck, Jill's endocrinologist suggested that due to hormone issues and the battle of PCOS she seek additional testing from a fertility specialist. Both Lee and Jill were tested by the fertility specialist to pin point the issue. The specialist told them that they would never have children of their own. With much sadness and disappointment they tabled the idea of creating a life. Other options of raising and nurturing a child were discussed. However, In October of 2014 Jill and Lee got the surprise of a lifetime. They went from discussing adoption to a positive pregnancy test. Jill visited her OBGYN for conformation and there were two heartbeats. They could not have been more excited to prepare for twin  boys. It was discovered that Jill was particularly high risk, she was not only carrying twins but  Mono Mono Twins. Which means that the boys shared one amniotic sack, one chorion and one placenta. This is very rare as it only happens in 1 out of 10,000 births. Due to the additional risk Jill was scheduled to deliver via C-section at 26 weeks. The boys had a 50/50 chance of survival. At 20 weeks Jill went in to the OBGYN for a regular ultra sound follow up to receive devastating news. There was no fetal heartbeat or fetal blood flow, there was no prior indicator that she had lost the babies. Jill was suppose to attend her baby shower the next day but instead had an emergency DNC procedure. In denial Jill requested one more ultrasound prior to being wheeled into the operating room. Struggling to accept reality, Jill needed to see the monitor one more time.  During the procedure the DNC machine malfunctioned and Jill had to endure a manual DNC procedure. A procedure that should have lasted roughly thirty minutes took five hours, along with hemorrhaging and blood transfusions, her life was on the line. Lee sat patiently in the waiting room scared that he was going to loose his wife along with the children that he so desperately wanted to father. The pain that Jill endured was not only emotional but physical as well. Side effects from the procedure left her debilitated while her body struggled to heal from the traumatic procedure. Jill struggled to overcome the emotional aspects of the loss and was blessed to work from home. Lee buried his emotions in work for temporary relief and upheld a strong shoulder for Jill to lean on. Shortly after the loss of the boys, Lee was reassigned and they were fortunate enough to move to Jill's hometown of Pearland. Just the support they needed! Jill was able to return to work at Texas Children's Hospital where she faced daily struggles working with ill children.  After adjusting and taking the time that they needed to heal they decided they would seek support of the best fertility clinic Houston had to offer. After various testing, exploratory surgeries to remove scar tissue, and other forms of fertility treatments(clomid, IUI,basal thermal monitoring, ect.) with no success. In November of 2016 Jill and Lee decided to give IVF a try. The outlook seemed promising with the amount of eggs that were retrieved, fertilized, implanted and the remaining eggs were placed in cryopreservation. The first round of IVF  had two eggs that were implanted to increase the odds of a viable pregnancy. After two long weeks of waiting they found out that the embryos did not take. So that bring us to today. Jill and Lee went to the fertility specialist on Wednesday May the 2nd, 2018 for what they thought was the beginning process of IVF round two. They were informed that testing the embryos for viability was now needed prior to being able to begin round two. So Jill and Lee place their fate of having a baby in our hands. They lack seven thousand dollars to try to reach the dream of being parents. They had spent the last year saving as well as paying for the loan that provided round one of IVF; they thought they had saved enough to proceeded with round two ,however, the testing adds an additional expense they were not prepared for. If you feel compelled to help financially, by sharing this page or by praying that God will bestow upon them the blessing of a child Jill and Lee will be forever grateful. Jill and Lee have endured much but all of the disappointment has not left them hopeless.