My Mother's Day Wish
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Dear Friends & Family,
A few weeks ago a very good, dear friend of mine suggested that I start ( actually she offered to start it for me) a GoFundMe campaign to help support my long-time dream of becoming a mom.
Some of you already know the struggle that I have been through this past year trying to conceive and fighting my insurance company to cover the costs.
A little background: this past year I was finally given health insurance through the CUNY (city university new york) system that I have been working for the past 2 years. To my delight the coverage included up to 3 IVF (in vitro fertilization) cycles at 80% coverage! But there was a catch, you had to be under 45 to be covered. Well, I had started my fertility treatments well before my 45th birthday so I researched to see if I could still be covered.
I fought the insuranace company for 4 months. My fertility doctor wrote a letter stating that I was a very good candidate for the IVF treatment and I also wrote a testimonial pleading for them to make an allowance, especially since I had started treatment before my 45th birthday. Long story short they denied me the coverage.
I had one shot at attempting the IVF financially on my own. In early March I underwent 3 weeks of shots & scans and the doctors retrieved 2 beautiful ova and they both fertilized & made it to day 5 (and were grade A embryos)! Next they were transfered back to me , but sadly they did not create a pregancy.
I was to put it bluntly completely devastated. I really had a feeling that things were going to work and I would be a mom in 2016. Now I am completely depleted of funds to continue more fertility treatments.
I never dreamed that I would be in this position of facing the prospect of never being a mom. I had honestly thought it woudl've happend years ago with 'Mr. Right'. But life has a way of not always going as hoped or planned for many of us. I also never considered asking my friends or extended family for help in this endeavour financially (until a very good friend suggsted it).
Becoming a mom, experiencing pregnancy, and sharing my life with a child is for me, (like it is for many people) an experience that I truly long for and do not want to miss out on.
Some of you may be wondering why don't I just adopt. Believe me I have researched it and gone to adoption events, it is extrememly difficult for a single woman and very costly, can take on average 2-3 years, not to mention a good risk of the adoption not coming to fruition.
I am humbly asking for your support towards my dream of creating a family & becoming a mom. Any amount of donation would mean more to me than you know.
Thank you for taking the time to read this statement and God Bless you all.
XOX,
Rachael Hirt
A few weeks ago a very good, dear friend of mine suggested that I start ( actually she offered to start it for me) a GoFundMe campaign to help support my long-time dream of becoming a mom.
Some of you already know the struggle that I have been through this past year trying to conceive and fighting my insurance company to cover the costs.
A little background: this past year I was finally given health insurance through the CUNY (city university new york) system that I have been working for the past 2 years. To my delight the coverage included up to 3 IVF (in vitro fertilization) cycles at 80% coverage! But there was a catch, you had to be under 45 to be covered. Well, I had started my fertility treatments well before my 45th birthday so I researched to see if I could still be covered.
I fought the insuranace company for 4 months. My fertility doctor wrote a letter stating that I was a very good candidate for the IVF treatment and I also wrote a testimonial pleading for them to make an allowance, especially since I had started treatment before my 45th birthday. Long story short they denied me the coverage.
I had one shot at attempting the IVF financially on my own. In early March I underwent 3 weeks of shots & scans and the doctors retrieved 2 beautiful ova and they both fertilized & made it to day 5 (and were grade A embryos)! Next they were transfered back to me , but sadly they did not create a pregancy.
I was to put it bluntly completely devastated. I really had a feeling that things were going to work and I would be a mom in 2016. Now I am completely depleted of funds to continue more fertility treatments.
I never dreamed that I would be in this position of facing the prospect of never being a mom. I had honestly thought it woudl've happend years ago with 'Mr. Right'. But life has a way of not always going as hoped or planned for many of us. I also never considered asking my friends or extended family for help in this endeavour financially (until a very good friend suggsted it).
Becoming a mom, experiencing pregnancy, and sharing my life with a child is for me, (like it is for many people) an experience that I truly long for and do not want to miss out on.
Some of you may be wondering why don't I just adopt. Believe me I have researched it and gone to adoption events, it is extrememly difficult for a single woman and very costly, can take on average 2-3 years, not to mention a good risk of the adoption not coming to fruition.
I am humbly asking for your support towards my dream of creating a family & becoming a mom. Any amount of donation would mean more to me than you know.
Thank you for taking the time to read this statement and God Bless you all.
XOX,
Rachael Hirt
Organizer
Rachael Hirt
Organizer
New York, NY