This is really hard for me to write.

My husband Juan and I have been trying to start a family for five years. Month after month, year after year, we held onto hope that it would happen naturally..but it didn’t. After exhausting every option, IVF became our last chance.

Our first IVF round cost us around $8k, not including medications, tests, or missed work. In that first round we lost our 2 embryo babies and I only got to carry them for a little while. The financial weight has been crushing, but the emotional toll of wanting a child so badly and not knowing if it will ever happen has been even harder.

We are now preparing for what may be our final egg retrieval and embryo transfer. We have one embryo left in storage. This one was our fighter. Our baby kept fighting to keep growing and now he or she is frozen in storage. Our IVF doctor said that embryo is a very low grade and advises we do one more round of IVF to have a better chance of retrieving more eggs and having a successful transfer.

I hate having to make this GoFundMe. Asking for help is uncomfortable and humbling, but we simply can’t do this on our own anymore. We want nothing more than the chance to bring our baby home, and we are doing everything we can to make that happen.

If you’re able to donate, share, or even just send us love and prayers, please know it means more to us than words can say. Thank you for taking the time to read our story and for being part of this moment in our lives.

With gratitude,

Mercedes & Juan