Friends & family,

As many of you know, Matt and I have been going through fertility treatments for 4 years now. I have had 2 laparoscopic surgeries for endometriosis and will eventually have a 3rd prior to starting IVF again, multiple biopsies, and so many tests done that I’ve lost count. I have been diagnosed with endometriosis, endometritis, a blood disorder where my body “attacks” the embryos, and an abnormality on two of my MTHFR genes. A lot of you may not know this but Matt has had 1 surgery, where he was diagnosed with Sertoli cell-only syndrome (SCOS). Sertoli cell-only syndrome is a rare condition that affects male fertility. This syndrome is characterized by the absence of sperm-producing cells (germ cells) in the testes, leaving only Sertoli cells. SCOS is a significant cause of male infertility, leading to azoospermia, a condition where no sperm are present. Therefore, we can only get pregnant with IVF and donor sperm due to both of our diagnoses.

Over the last 4 years, we have done 3 intrauterine inseminations (IUI), an egg retrieval that resulted in our 5 good embryos, as well as 4 embryo transfers with IVF (one of which we transferred 2 embryos at one time); 2 of the transfers failed and 2 resulted in medical miscarriages at 7-8 weeks due to the embryos not developing properly, which occurred in December 2024 and July 2025. We no longer have any more transferable embryos. The overall cost of the IVF process, between the medications, egg retrieval, embryo transfers, biopsies, monitoring, labs, etc. has easily cost over $35,000 each year.

We are hoping to restart the process late next year, beginning with my surgery, then moving on to another egg retrieval, then eventually an embryo transfer. Recently, we have been working closely with Dr. Vandermolen and his staff, who have put so much time and effort into figuring out the issues behind the previous failed transfers. He believes that repeating the IVF process (a few weeks after having another endometriosis laparoscopy) and using a new donor will allow us to have our miracle baby.

Asking for help is difficult for us but we feel as though we are out of options.

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for loving us through this journey.