Our IVF Journey ❤️

Hello everyone, my name is Shelley. A go fund me page is not something I have ever thought about, but after having my journey on my social media etc, I feel a lot of support from my friends and family to do this.

Here is our story:

I have experienced 2 ectopic pregnancies and 6 pregnancy losses! Back in August 2017 I had experienced my first ectopic pregnant losing my FT. There was still hope for us, we kept trying, however in March 2019 we were then given the devastating news that our baby was growing in my other Fallopian Tube, we were absolutely broken yet again to be losing another baby as well as my one and only Fallopian Tube. The outcome of having my 2 Fallopian tubes removed meant that the only way of my falling pregnant was through IVF. I knew that my BMI was majorly high at a staggering 47, I had tried many weight loss programmes, however, I have always been desperate to have a child and I couldn’t wait much longer so I chose to have weight loss surgery to be able to get my weight down and my bmi to the set limit for IVF!

Well……… I did it, I lost over 7 stone. I had my appointment to have my egg count etc done in order for egg retrieval to begin.

Sadly, we were deflated again,,,,,,, my test came back to tell us that I have no eggs left! The devastation we felt was indescribable.

So unfortunately, the next stage in our journey was egg donation. We got told that IDF funding could be an option since we have no living children. We were absolutely over the moon to know there was other options there for us.

Again, there was more devastating news!!! Today we received the news that we have been refused the funding!!!

We feel like our hearts have been ripped out once again! The cost of this as a package is £6,000 and it will be done in Czech Republic

Go fund me pages and just giving etc had never been a thought of mine as I said early on, however, we feel we need to try everything in our power to help our dreams come true! Everything, however small will help us reach out only dream we wish for in life. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for there generosity, encouragement and support over these last few months, you will never know how much it means to us.

Much love

Shelley and Andrew xxx