Bringing Home Baby Crane
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Robb and I met 8 years ago and we’ve been happily married for 3 years. We quickly fell in love and have been inseparable ever since. From the beginning we knew that we were meant to be parents and have a family. As some of you may know, we’ve experienced a rollercoaster of emotions throughout the past 3 years of trying to start our family. Our saga consists of 4 miscarriages, 3 surgeries, countless tests, and more heart break than one could ever imagine. We have been working with a fertility specialist for the past 2 years, who has helped guide us, support us, and at times be brutally honest with us. At this point there is no medical reason why my body will not sustain a pregnancy. On paper, both Robb and I are healthy 32yr olds, which has made understanding our battle even more difficult.
During our pregnancies we were able to see 2 of our babies’ heartbeats. Talk about breathtaking moments, we felt over whelming joy and excitement. One pregnancy was over before it really even started. There was no time to be excited or plan. The 4th pregnancy was a tubal pregnancy that called for emergency surgery. All of our losses have been heartbreaking and traumatizing in their own way. I cannot begin to describe the emotions and feelings that are connected to a miscarriage. At times we felt as though we would never be able to get through it, we couldn’t sleep, eat, or function, and other times it felt like a cruel joke was being played on us. The one thing that both Robb and I want more than anything was in our hands, only to be stolen away and ripped from our grasp.
One might think that with all of our loss, struggles, and sorrow we would be bitter and angry. Anger and bitterness is a choice, and it is something we choose not to be. We have chosen to continue to love one another endlessly, and continue to support one another in our endeavors. Robb and I have grown and learned so much in the past 3years. We have weathered the storm, and have been led to the bright light of adoption. Our struggles have taught us that there is more than one way to be parents, and more than one way to have a family. We know that the road of adoption can be a bumpy one and that we will face many obstacles. Domestic infant adoption can range between $20-30 thousand dollars. We know that we could wait upwards of 2 years to be placed with our sweet baby, along with many trainings, educational classes, assessments, and endless amounts of paper work to be filled out and completed. We are ready to accept this challenge. We are willing to do what is necessary to fulfill our dreams.
We are so blessed to be surrounded by such amazing people in our lives. We would not have even considered adoption if not for the encouragement of our friend and family. We have saved, cut corners, made sacrifices and have been able to start the process on own thus far. However, due to extensive medical bills coming in from infertility treatments and surgery from our last loss, we are unable to fund the whole adoption ourselves. We humbly and graciously ask for the support of our family and friends in our attempts to fund our adoption. We know that everyone is not in a place to donate financially, we would be ever so grateful for prayers and positive energy being sent our way. If you are moved to donate, any bit helps, we would be eternally thankful. We know that we have what it takes to be amazing parents, and we know that we have a foundation of amazing people in our lives to help, support, encourage, and raise out little one. We look so forward to the day that we can bring our baby home and introduce him/her to everyone that helped make our dreams of a family come true.
Thank you so much for the encouragement and love that has been given to us though out the past 3 years. We could not ask for a better team to raise a child in. Thank you for having our backs emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Let’s bring Baby Crane home!
During our pregnancies we were able to see 2 of our babies’ heartbeats. Talk about breathtaking moments, we felt over whelming joy and excitement. One pregnancy was over before it really even started. There was no time to be excited or plan. The 4th pregnancy was a tubal pregnancy that called for emergency surgery. All of our losses have been heartbreaking and traumatizing in their own way. I cannot begin to describe the emotions and feelings that are connected to a miscarriage. At times we felt as though we would never be able to get through it, we couldn’t sleep, eat, or function, and other times it felt like a cruel joke was being played on us. The one thing that both Robb and I want more than anything was in our hands, only to be stolen away and ripped from our grasp.
One might think that with all of our loss, struggles, and sorrow we would be bitter and angry. Anger and bitterness is a choice, and it is something we choose not to be. We have chosen to continue to love one another endlessly, and continue to support one another in our endeavors. Robb and I have grown and learned so much in the past 3years. We have weathered the storm, and have been led to the bright light of adoption. Our struggles have taught us that there is more than one way to be parents, and more than one way to have a family. We know that the road of adoption can be a bumpy one and that we will face many obstacles. Domestic infant adoption can range between $20-30 thousand dollars. We know that we could wait upwards of 2 years to be placed with our sweet baby, along with many trainings, educational classes, assessments, and endless amounts of paper work to be filled out and completed. We are ready to accept this challenge. We are willing to do what is necessary to fulfill our dreams.
We are so blessed to be surrounded by such amazing people in our lives. We would not have even considered adoption if not for the encouragement of our friend and family. We have saved, cut corners, made sacrifices and have been able to start the process on own thus far. However, due to extensive medical bills coming in from infertility treatments and surgery from our last loss, we are unable to fund the whole adoption ourselves. We humbly and graciously ask for the support of our family and friends in our attempts to fund our adoption. We know that everyone is not in a place to donate financially, we would be ever so grateful for prayers and positive energy being sent our way. If you are moved to donate, any bit helps, we would be eternally thankful. We know that we have what it takes to be amazing parents, and we know that we have a foundation of amazing people in our lives to help, support, encourage, and raise out little one. We look so forward to the day that we can bring our baby home and introduce him/her to everyone that helped make our dreams of a family come true.
Thank you so much for the encouragement and love that has been given to us though out the past 3 years. We could not ask for a better team to raise a child in. Thank you for having our backs emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Let’s bring Baby Crane home!
Organizer
Meg Crane
Organizer
Olmsted Falls, OH