The making of baby Day
Hello, our names are Chelsea and Scott, we have been together 10 years and married for 5.
I never ever thought that this is something I would be doing, but here we are.
We have made the difficult decision to turn too you for help as a complete last resort in having our dream of becoming a family. I really have questioned whether to do this for a long time because I’ve been so scared of receiving a negative response, but I believe that we will truly be the best parents we can be and want nothing more then that opportunity. As well as the opportunity to make our parents grandparents and to give our siblings a niece/nephew.
Ever since I was a child, I have longed to be a mum. When we first started trying, I was so naive in believing it would be easy (because why wouldn’t it be?!). But as each loss came and each month we received a negative test, we quickly realised we were in for a long difficult ride.
We have been trying to conceive our first baby for around 8 years now (fully actively since our marriage 5 years ago).
We have suffered the heartbreak of numerous miscarriages and undergone all treatment available to us via the NHS without success.
On 18th July 2014, we lost our first baby 8 weeks pregnant. We were left feeling lost and mentally damaged. Since then it has only got harder. With each negative test comes a whole load of heart break.
I (Chelsea) have since been diagnosed with pcos (at age 14) and endometriosis in 2019. This causes me to ovulate spontaneously, or not at all. I have been hospitalised on many occasions with my endometriosis and each time it all just gets harder to cope. I have had surgeries to try and kick start my ovaries and remove endometriosis, which were unsuccessful.
Over the last 2 years, I have had 6 rounds of clomid, biopsies of my womb and cervix, hundreds of scans, injections to shut down and re start my ovaries (this came with awful side effects!) tons of appointments, thousands of ovulation tests, hundreds of negative pregnancy tests, a million phone calls to anyone who would listen to my desperate pleas and all medications available to us but unfortunately to no success.
IVF appears to now be our only option available that has at least some hope. To do this, we need to raise around £5000 to be able to complete our first round.
We are now at the final help stage and are desperate for our dream to become reality.
As no funding is available to us for IVF on the NHS due to the post code we live and with no view of it returning any time in the coming years, and the cost of private treatment being so expensive, we are all out of options.
I would like to thank you in advance for any donation you can spare towards our journey or for any support shown in both the past, present and future. You really don’t know how much it means to us.
I am so lucky to have an amazing family, friends and the bestest friend who holds my hand through everything. I am truly grateful to everyone.
If you would like to join us on our journey, please follow us on our Instagram page; @ttcbabyday
Sending so much love, Chelsea & Scott xxx
