A Husband’s Plea
From almost the moment I met her, my wife’s desire to be a mother has been readily apparent. Sure, she has talked about it a lot; after every birthday or Christmas with our beloved nieces and nephews, after being handed a carnation at every church’s Mother’s Day Sunday, after every rewatching of some super hero movie or Harry Potter, my love for which I would be thrilled to share with my son or daughter, we talk about it. But, it isn’t just the way she talks, it’s in her very nature. It radiates out of her. Brynn is at her personal happiest when she is caring for other people. And her desire isn’t the only thing that’s obvious. Her potential affinity for motherhood is clear in the way she cares for me, our two dogs, our nieces and nephews, the people of our church, and on and on.
We’ve spent the entirety of our marriage engaged in biologically-boosted baby making. Under the guidance of our doctor, a nationally recognized leader in fertility medicine, we have tried everything from hormonally-enhanced natural conception to four rounds of IUI, in utero insemination. And while our doctor continues to assure us that we have every statistical reason to be optimistic, all of our attempts have been unsuccessful.
That optimism continues into the next phase of fertility treatments and conception attempts, in vitro fertilization or IVF. Because all of our numbers are good, we are hopeful that this advanced technique will be successful. There is no physical reason for it not to be. IVF is expensive, and, because of a diagnosis of endometriosis, we are on the clock and running out of time. So, we set upon more than a year of personal sacrifice and intentional savings to set aside every penny we could. And, somehow, we managed to accumulate and save 75% of the projected cost of the procedure.
That’s where you come in. We need you to help us with the remaining quarter of what they tell us IVF is going to cost us.
Don’t get me wrong. I want to be a father. But, being a mother is all my wife has ever wanted. She deserves this. Our hearts break a little with every month that passes, knowing that, physically, our time is short. We have one last chance, one last hope-filled shot, and we need your help. We want to be parents. We WILL be parents, but we want to take this opportunity to become the biological parents of a baby that will be the best of both of us.
Oh, and whoever contributes the highest single donation to this IVF procedure will get exclusive and unconditional naming rights of any child or children resulting thereof.
OK, not really.
Thank you for your donation, sincerely,
Brynn and Brad
From almost the moment I met her, my wife’s desire to be a mother has been readily apparent. Sure, she has talked about it a lot; after every birthday or Christmas with our beloved nieces and nephews, after being handed a carnation at every church’s Mother’s Day Sunday, after every rewatching of some super hero movie or Harry Potter, my love for which I would be thrilled to share with my son or daughter, we talk about it. But, it isn’t just the way she talks, it’s in her very nature. It radiates out of her. Brynn is at her personal happiest when she is caring for other people. And her desire isn’t the only thing that’s obvious. Her potential affinity for motherhood is clear in the way she cares for me, our two dogs, our nieces and nephews, the people of our church, and on and on.
We’ve spent the entirety of our marriage engaged in biologically-boosted baby making. Under the guidance of our doctor, a nationally recognized leader in fertility medicine, we have tried everything from hormonally-enhanced natural conception to four rounds of IUI, in utero insemination. And while our doctor continues to assure us that we have every statistical reason to be optimistic, all of our attempts have been unsuccessful.
That optimism continues into the next phase of fertility treatments and conception attempts, in vitro fertilization or IVF. Because all of our numbers are good, we are hopeful that this advanced technique will be successful. There is no physical reason for it not to be. IVF is expensive, and, because of a diagnosis of endometriosis, we are on the clock and running out of time. So, we set upon more than a year of personal sacrifice and intentional savings to set aside every penny we could. And, somehow, we managed to accumulate and save 75% of the projected cost of the procedure.
That’s where you come in. We need you to help us with the remaining quarter of what they tell us IVF is going to cost us.
Don’t get me wrong. I want to be a father. But, being a mother is all my wife has ever wanted. She deserves this. Our hearts break a little with every month that passes, knowing that, physically, our time is short. We have one last chance, one last hope-filled shot, and we need your help. We want to be parents. We WILL be parents, but we want to take this opportunity to become the biological parents of a baby that will be the best of both of us.
Oh, and whoever contributes the highest single donation to this IVF procedure will get exclusive and unconditional naming rights of any child or children resulting thereof.
OK, not really.
Thank you for your donation, sincerely,
Brynn and Brad