A Crawford Baby
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Hello everyone,
We have been married for 8 wonderful years. As many of our friends and family know, we have been trying to start our family for the last 7 years. Our fertility journey (like many couples) has had its ups and downs. 7 years ago our journey started with our Dr telling us that IVF was our only option. We were told that with my PCOS we would be a very easy success. With PCOS I created lots of follicles in my ovaries but do not ovulate on my own, so the Dr's needed to give me medicine for this to happen. So after talking about all the info we had received about IVF, we collected enough money for the procedure, and started on the shots. Unfortunately the medicine I was given didn't work like it was supposed to and I only created 2 viable eggs for a transfer. We received a call the day after the retrieval, telling us that so far our eggs were doing well. We were so excited with this news. Two days later we received another call telling us the bad news that our eggs had died. We were so devistated and heartbroken with this news. We took a few months to talk and decide what our next move would be. We had decided that we would go for it again, but this time with a different Dr. After more bloodwork and ultrasounds we were told that we should never have done the IVF first, we should do an IUI (artificial insemination). We were told that with PCOS the success rate with IUI was just as high as with IVF and the chances of multiples were not as high. So after much consideration we decided to go for it. Again I took all the hormones and my eggs grew wonderfully. I had 5 wonderful eggs, but unfortunatly only 3 of them ovulated down to my uterus. We were told that this was still good, we still had a very good chance .of this working, so we went forward with the insemination. After 8 days we did a pregnancy test and were again heartbroken with a negative test. We tried this 2 more times with this Dr, all with negative outcomes. At this point we were so tired and I was exhausted from all the tests and meds that we decided to take a break from it all and just hope that it would possibly happen on its own. But after a year and a half of trying on our own with no success, we started talking about it again. We decided that we were ready to try again, but this time with a different Dr (yes we switched Drs again). After more bloodwork and ultrasounds we sat down with the Dr and were told we could try IUI again. So here we go with more hormones and ultrasounds. We tried 2 IUI's with this Dr, both unsuccessful. We again sat down with this Dr (who we trusted more than any of the other Dr's that we saw), and were told that we should consider IVF, but this time with an egg donor. It had been decided that since we had so many unsuccessful IUI's and an IVF with my eggs, that maybe there was something wrong with my eggs. We talked about this for awhile, but decided that this was too much of a gamble to pay all this money with no guarantee.
So here we are 7 years later and still no family of my own. I love my nieces and nephews with all my heart, but I still dream of a family of my own. We have finally started the adoption process, and are so happy and excited that this will end with us having a baby of our own to love. During all of our research on adoption, we have come to realize that this too very expensive.
This is where our friends and family come in. We are asking for help to raise the money to pay for our dream. We know that not everyone can afford to help, but we would be so greatful for any help that you can give us.
With much love and appreciation
Brian & Kristy
We have been married for 8 wonderful years. As many of our friends and family know, we have been trying to start our family for the last 7 years. Our fertility journey (like many couples) has had its ups and downs. 7 years ago our journey started with our Dr telling us that IVF was our only option. We were told that with my PCOS we would be a very easy success. With PCOS I created lots of follicles in my ovaries but do not ovulate on my own, so the Dr's needed to give me medicine for this to happen. So after talking about all the info we had received about IVF, we collected enough money for the procedure, and started on the shots. Unfortunately the medicine I was given didn't work like it was supposed to and I only created 2 viable eggs for a transfer. We received a call the day after the retrieval, telling us that so far our eggs were doing well. We were so excited with this news. Two days later we received another call telling us the bad news that our eggs had died. We were so devistated and heartbroken with this news. We took a few months to talk and decide what our next move would be. We had decided that we would go for it again, but this time with a different Dr. After more bloodwork and ultrasounds we were told that we should never have done the IVF first, we should do an IUI (artificial insemination). We were told that with PCOS the success rate with IUI was just as high as with IVF and the chances of multiples were not as high. So after much consideration we decided to go for it. Again I took all the hormones and my eggs grew wonderfully. I had 5 wonderful eggs, but unfortunatly only 3 of them ovulated down to my uterus. We were told that this was still good, we still had a very good chance .of this working, so we went forward with the insemination. After 8 days we did a pregnancy test and were again heartbroken with a negative test. We tried this 2 more times with this Dr, all with negative outcomes. At this point we were so tired and I was exhausted from all the tests and meds that we decided to take a break from it all and just hope that it would possibly happen on its own. But after a year and a half of trying on our own with no success, we started talking about it again. We decided that we were ready to try again, but this time with a different Dr (yes we switched Drs again). After more bloodwork and ultrasounds we sat down with the Dr and were told we could try IUI again. So here we go with more hormones and ultrasounds. We tried 2 IUI's with this Dr, both unsuccessful. We again sat down with this Dr (who we trusted more than any of the other Dr's that we saw), and were told that we should consider IVF, but this time with an egg donor. It had been decided that since we had so many unsuccessful IUI's and an IVF with my eggs, that maybe there was something wrong with my eggs. We talked about this for awhile, but decided that this was too much of a gamble to pay all this money with no guarantee.
So here we are 7 years later and still no family of my own. I love my nieces and nephews with all my heart, but I still dream of a family of my own. We have finally started the adoption process, and are so happy and excited that this will end with us having a baby of our own to love. During all of our research on adoption, we have come to realize that this too very expensive.
This is where our friends and family come in. We are asking for help to raise the money to pay for our dream. We know that not everyone can afford to help, but we would be so greatful for any help that you can give us.
With much love and appreciation
Brian & Kristy
Organiser
Kristy Lindsey-Crawford
Organiser
City of Saint Peters, MO
