There is really no good  place to begin. We have been on our journey to try and have a family for 5 years now. We have been on this  emotional and physical rollercoaster for so long, I think we may be numb at this point. Infertility effects 1 in 8 couples - we are that ONE.

We were diagnosed with  "unknown infertility"  - this means Dr's don't know why we are not conceiving. We have both had a ton of blood work, tests,  analysis etc  only to have all come back with  "normal' results.  Different tests and many many procedures  have all failed to give us our family we have longed for.  In 2015 we did IVF (in vitro fertilization), which involves many injections, multiple weekly dr's visits, monitoring growth of  the follicles, extraction of the follicles from my body, the grueling process of seeing how many made it to fertilization then finally having a procedure to put the fertilized eggs back in my body...hoping and praying they'd stick and grow. After growing these follicles, the 4 that made it to fertilization stage all failed to implant.

Infertility treatment is not covered by insurance.   Each  IVF Cycle is about --$15k. Since our 1st IVF cycle  failed we decided to shift gears and start with IUI's  (intra uterine insemination).  We simply didn't have another $15K to lose again in one shot.  We kept our hope alive with the strength of eachother and those of you who have helped us through our journey.  We were determined to keep trying and working hard to have one lil baby that we called ours.

Two years later, we finally got pregnant with IUI's! We couldn't believe it, IT WORKED! Such excitement and nervousness  since we had never seen a positive pregnancy test, this quickly came to an end when I heard  my Dr. say "I'm Sorry".......8 weeks later the heartbeat was gone. I was devastated. I let my soul recharge for a few months with my wonderful husband by my side, trying his best to support me as he was going through his own pain of losing this baby. We tried again, and it worked and again the same words again 10 weeks later "I'm Sorry"...I was literally in the middle of a terrible nightmare - I had lost not one but both my twins. We were emotional wrecks. We had tried so hard, cycle after cycle in a span of 5 years, spent nearly $25K and still no miracle, our savings was gone. We now have angel babies looking over us , they made me a mom, which I am so so thankful for- I just never got to hold them!  

The emotional journey we have been on has been rough, it has challenged our marriage, challenged us as individuals and brought us closer than ever. Sleepless nights, countless tears, joyful, exciting & nervous moments followed by miscarriage after miscarriage....and now we are here.  We're here to see if we can give this one last shot and we are coming to our friends and family for support and strength. We are going to do a procedure that we haven't tried before, this is our last chance to try an have our little bio family.  It's not easy to ask for help but we know that many of our friends and family would want to help us if they knew our struggle, some know our journey & some do not.....praying this last attempt gets us a beautiful baby as we would love to experience the journey of pregnancy together.

Thank you for your thoughts, prayers and support as we take this one last chance at our Rainbow Baby!

David & Mirella