Operation Baby Birk-IVF Fund
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A little bit about Ryan & Eboni Birk:
Ryan and Eboni are a wonderful biracial couple who have been married for two years with a cute puppy name Leia and are ready to expand their family. They both live a righteous lifestyle and waited for marriage before becoming intimate. Ryan works in a hospital and Eboni works within the school system preventing child abuse and domestic violence.
They serve at Church of the Harvest and are the Founders of “Love on the Reach” that helps children in need, the elderly as well as hungry families, the homeless and those with substance abuse problems.
What They Need
Ryan and Eboni Birk have been blessed with the opportunity to do IVF treatment at a discounted rate of 6,500. That is the doctors fee alone. The cost of IVF medicine can range from $1500-$3000 . Ryan and Eboni were given this opportunity by an amazing medical group in East Chicago Indiana. The doctors office is a 5 Hour drive from Ryan and Eboni’s home . IVF is a very Time oriented process which means that they will be traveling from Evansville Indiana to East Chicago Indiana nearly every week. The cost of travel food and lodging can add up quickly so for this portion they would need about $1000 to help them manage those costs. In total they would need about $10,000. Ryan and Eboni along with their immediate family have saved $4500 and they need help with the rest
The Journey in Eboni’s words:
Ryan and I have had setbacks with trying to conceive a child but we believe a delay is not denial. We are raising money for the next phase of treatment but first we would like to share our story with you.
We never thought we would have issues with fertility. In the beginning most people were advising us to be on birth control because I didn’t want to be pregnant right away. I was on birth control from August 2016-January 2017. If I had known whaow I never would have done it.
January 2017 was when we were going to begin trying to conceive. I was having a difficult time and wanted to get opinions from experts on what the problem could be. During May to October 2017, we took multiple tests and hormone medicine through an OB GYN. The doctors ran so many tests and many blood tests. Doctors thought I might have pre-menopaus. I was sent to an Endocrinologist. The hormone medicine wasn’t helping.
The day before thanksgiving I received the bad news that my hormones are unbalanced. I was told that all of my hormones are nearly nonfunctioning due to a growth hormone deficiency and a long list of deficiencies. In my heart I went from having hope to a ball of deficiencies.
The doctor began to recommend a fertility treatment with a very high success rate. January 2018, we began discussing a new treatment, but everything was out of pocket. Before I could do any treatment, I had to pay $800 on testing, the treatment cost $1300 and the medicine cost $2000. We started the treatment, and everyone told me it was going to be easy. We were telling everyone and they were excited for us.
The medicine burned so bad and made me fatigue. It took everything out of me. After the first five days, they would do a test but there was no improvement. We were praying about every little detail. The doctor then upped my dosage. They improved a little but not enough for them. My follicles were stimulated.
There was a small victory, so the doctor told us we were good to try with the baby dance. Two weeks later, I had all the symptoms I just knew I was pregnant but then I saw spotting. In my head I knew it was my period, but I didn’t want to believe it. I took a 4am pregnancy test. When I found out I wasn’t pregnant, I told my husband like Sarah you need to find someone else to have children with.
My husband was in a cynical place and I’m usually the optimistic one but this time I wasn’t able to say anything. We just spent more than $4,000 to have these treatments and testing. I began to question the love of God. I was going through the worst time and I still had to go nanny for someone else’s baby. That’s why I believed that God was going to honor our prayers because I never treated the baby any different. I still treated her with respect, love and honor.
Through that difficult season, I wrote my album. I believe I was able to offer healing with my words. In the church world, I felt like you had to say God is good. You had to have a strong front. You couldn’t be vulnerable and transparent. Then the conversations began, Adrienne on the Real and Gabrielle Union begin discussing their stories.
I always thought I would be pregnant by 30. April 23rd, the day I found out I wasn’t pregnant, up until last week I had no clue what to do. I begin to pray and heard nothing. I just had to walk it out. I heard God asked me was I going to let go? I was bitter and angry at God. I didn’t want to pray and go to church. During this time, God started to show me and gave me dreams about my kids in these last 6 months.
He showed me how my last six months of trusting God can be answered in five minutes. Last week out of nowhere I had this thought to call a pastor. With talking to her, she began to speak about another possibility: IVF. IVF is $13,000 without the medicine but it went down to $6,500. For that, we are grateful. The enemy wanted to take my trust in hearing God away.
Ryan and Eboni are a wonderful biracial couple who have been married for two years with a cute puppy name Leia and are ready to expand their family. They both live a righteous lifestyle and waited for marriage before becoming intimate. Ryan works in a hospital and Eboni works within the school system preventing child abuse and domestic violence.
They serve at Church of the Harvest and are the Founders of “Love on the Reach” that helps children in need, the elderly as well as hungry families, the homeless and those with substance abuse problems.
What They Need
Ryan and Eboni Birk have been blessed with the opportunity to do IVF treatment at a discounted rate of 6,500. That is the doctors fee alone. The cost of IVF medicine can range from $1500-$3000 . Ryan and Eboni were given this opportunity by an amazing medical group in East Chicago Indiana. The doctors office is a 5 Hour drive from Ryan and Eboni’s home . IVF is a very Time oriented process which means that they will be traveling from Evansville Indiana to East Chicago Indiana nearly every week. The cost of travel food and lodging can add up quickly so for this portion they would need about $1000 to help them manage those costs. In total they would need about $10,000. Ryan and Eboni along with their immediate family have saved $4500 and they need help with the rest
The Journey in Eboni’s words:
Ryan and I have had setbacks with trying to conceive a child but we believe a delay is not denial. We are raising money for the next phase of treatment but first we would like to share our story with you.
We never thought we would have issues with fertility. In the beginning most people were advising us to be on birth control because I didn’t want to be pregnant right away. I was on birth control from August 2016-January 2017. If I had known whaow I never would have done it.
January 2017 was when we were going to begin trying to conceive. I was having a difficult time and wanted to get opinions from experts on what the problem could be. During May to October 2017, we took multiple tests and hormone medicine through an OB GYN. The doctors ran so many tests and many blood tests. Doctors thought I might have pre-menopaus. I was sent to an Endocrinologist. The hormone medicine wasn’t helping.
The day before thanksgiving I received the bad news that my hormones are unbalanced. I was told that all of my hormones are nearly nonfunctioning due to a growth hormone deficiency and a long list of deficiencies. In my heart I went from having hope to a ball of deficiencies.
The doctor began to recommend a fertility treatment with a very high success rate. January 2018, we began discussing a new treatment, but everything was out of pocket. Before I could do any treatment, I had to pay $800 on testing, the treatment cost $1300 and the medicine cost $2000. We started the treatment, and everyone told me it was going to be easy. We were telling everyone and they were excited for us.
The medicine burned so bad and made me fatigue. It took everything out of me. After the first five days, they would do a test but there was no improvement. We were praying about every little detail. The doctor then upped my dosage. They improved a little but not enough for them. My follicles were stimulated.
There was a small victory, so the doctor told us we were good to try with the baby dance. Two weeks later, I had all the symptoms I just knew I was pregnant but then I saw spotting. In my head I knew it was my period, but I didn’t want to believe it. I took a 4am pregnancy test. When I found out I wasn’t pregnant, I told my husband like Sarah you need to find someone else to have children with.
My husband was in a cynical place and I’m usually the optimistic one but this time I wasn’t able to say anything. We just spent more than $4,000 to have these treatments and testing. I began to question the love of God. I was going through the worst time and I still had to go nanny for someone else’s baby. That’s why I believed that God was going to honor our prayers because I never treated the baby any different. I still treated her with respect, love and honor.
Through that difficult season, I wrote my album. I believe I was able to offer healing with my words. In the church world, I felt like you had to say God is good. You had to have a strong front. You couldn’t be vulnerable and transparent. Then the conversations began, Adrienne on the Real and Gabrielle Union begin discussing their stories.
I always thought I would be pregnant by 30. April 23rd, the day I found out I wasn’t pregnant, up until last week I had no clue what to do. I begin to pray and heard nothing. I just had to walk it out. I heard God asked me was I going to let go? I was bitter and angry at God. I didn’t want to pray and go to church. During this time, God started to show me and gave me dreams about my kids in these last 6 months.
He showed me how my last six months of trusting God can be answered in five minutes. Last week out of nowhere I had this thought to call a pastor. With talking to her, she began to speak about another possibility: IVF. IVF is $13,000 without the medicine but it went down to $6,500. For that, we are grateful. The enemy wanted to take my trust in hearing God away.
Organizer
Miz Berry
Organizer
Evansville, IN
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