The Collins Family IVF Fund
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Hi, my name is Kate Collins my husbands name is Frank and we have an adorable 2-year-old son named Gavin. I want to give you some background about our family’s story. We tried for years to conceive a baby and had a very rocky road, I had a miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy. I was internally bleeding and the baby had to be aborted and BOTH of my fallopian tubes removed. After this news my husband and I were devastated. There is no NATURAL way for me to conceive a baby; at this point our ONLY option to concieve a baby was IVF. We knew it was very costly, but decided to give it a try. After completing one cycle of IVF we were blessed with our little miracle Gavin in 2013. A year after Gavin was born we wanted another child and a sibling for Gavin. After completing 2 more full IVF cycles that both failed we couldn’t do it anymore. After paying $55,000 the cost drained us financially; the medications took a toll on me physically and the highs and lows of the cycles drained us both mentally. We came to terms that we were blessed with one miracle. I sold all my baby stuff and tried to be strong and move on, but over the last 6 months our desire to have another child has grown stronger and stronger. We would love to have another child and a sibling for Gavin to grow up with. The national statistics are 3 cycles to get one live birth. With the 2 failed cycles, we are holding hope that another cycle will complete our family. This is the story of our family and how we got to this point. I am creating this Go Fund Me account with hope of raising money to put towards or support one final round of IVF. Here is the cost breakdown.
Preliminary Testing- $1000
Medications- $7,000
IVF Cycle- $12,000
Please share our story. Thanks so much for all the love and support.
The Collins Family
Preliminary Testing- $1000
Medications- $7,000
IVF Cycle- $12,000
Please share our story. Thanks so much for all the love and support.
The Collins Family
Organizer
Kate Collins
Organizer
Fort Lauderdale, FL