Help Amanda and Jason have a baby
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Both Jason and I have wanted children as long as we can remember. Most people know, Jason had leukemia as a child and, by some miracle, he beat it. He spent most of his childhood in the hospital and instead of having a normal childhood, was undergoing treatment after treatment just to live. After he survived and beat cancer, he was told by multiple doctors that because of the chemotherapy and treatments that he received would make it impossible for him to have biological children of his own. He accepted this and decided that when the time came he would adopt because he wanted to still be a father one day.
Fast forward to two years ago when Jason and I decided to go to a fertility clinic to get tested to see if there would be any chance for us to have a baby. Despite what his doctors told him when he was growing up, at 34 years old Jason was told that he COULD have children and that his sample levels were above normal. I was told that my tests came back great except that my egg hormone levels were a little low, but the doctor said he could not see any reason that we could not conceive. He said that if we tried and were unsuccessful, we could begin IUI treatment. We were ecstatic and for the last two years we have been trying for that baby that we have both always wanted.
We got married on January 1, 2021 and decided that it was time to go back to the fertility clinic since we have had no luck getting pregnant. Unfortunately, the news this time was pretty devastating for me. I have lost all follicles in my right ovary, which also has a 6cm cyst and endometriosis. My left ovary has six egg follicles left total. A normal egg follicle count is 8-10 in each ovary and I only have six total. The doctor told us that we have to move fast in order to have a baby and that IVF is our ONLY option at this point. We have to begin as quickly as possible, the doctor said next month, because the cyst can continue to grow and if it does, I will need surgery. He said if I have surgery before getting pregnant, it is likely that damage to my uterus and ovaries will happen and I will not be able to carry a child. He said that the hormones from being pregnant actually will shrink the cyst and will make it go away on it's own.
Finding out that I can't have a baby if we don't do this has been the biggest heartbreak I have ever felt in my entire life. Then we see the estimates and we were both crushed even more. IUI treatment was going to be approximately $2,000 per treatment with about $1,000 in medications. IVF is going to be $19,500 with $3,000 in medications just for the first try. To say that we are both heartbroken, stressed and scared is an understatement. We both want so badly to be parents, but we also just spent almost $5,000 total saving our dog who was hospitalized and almost died. We have exhausted almost all of our savings at this point. Asking for money is never something neither of us has ever done, I am honestly incredibly embarrassed to be doing this, but from what the doctor said at my last appointment, it is our only chance to have a baby and the only way it will happen is if we can get help. To make matters worse, my work will not accommodate an internship schedule that i have to accept in order to complete my Master's degree so I will be losing my employment and insurance that would have helped pay for some of the treatment after April. If you can help us and donate to our fund towards IVF, and hopefully to becoming parents, we both would be so grateful.
Fast forward to two years ago when Jason and I decided to go to a fertility clinic to get tested to see if there would be any chance for us to have a baby. Despite what his doctors told him when he was growing up, at 34 years old Jason was told that he COULD have children and that his sample levels were above normal. I was told that my tests came back great except that my egg hormone levels were a little low, but the doctor said he could not see any reason that we could not conceive. He said that if we tried and were unsuccessful, we could begin IUI treatment. We were ecstatic and for the last two years we have been trying for that baby that we have both always wanted.
We got married on January 1, 2021 and decided that it was time to go back to the fertility clinic since we have had no luck getting pregnant. Unfortunately, the news this time was pretty devastating for me. I have lost all follicles in my right ovary, which also has a 6cm cyst and endometriosis. My left ovary has six egg follicles left total. A normal egg follicle count is 8-10 in each ovary and I only have six total. The doctor told us that we have to move fast in order to have a baby and that IVF is our ONLY option at this point. We have to begin as quickly as possible, the doctor said next month, because the cyst can continue to grow and if it does, I will need surgery. He said if I have surgery before getting pregnant, it is likely that damage to my uterus and ovaries will happen and I will not be able to carry a child. He said that the hormones from being pregnant actually will shrink the cyst and will make it go away on it's own.
Finding out that I can't have a baby if we don't do this has been the biggest heartbreak I have ever felt in my entire life. Then we see the estimates and we were both crushed even more. IUI treatment was going to be approximately $2,000 per treatment with about $1,000 in medications. IVF is going to be $19,500 with $3,000 in medications just for the first try. To say that we are both heartbroken, stressed and scared is an understatement. We both want so badly to be parents, but we also just spent almost $5,000 total saving our dog who was hospitalized and almost died. We have exhausted almost all of our savings at this point. Asking for money is never something neither of us has ever done, I am honestly incredibly embarrassed to be doing this, but from what the doctor said at my last appointment, it is our only chance to have a baby and the only way it will happen is if we can get help. To make matters worse, my work will not accommodate an internship schedule that i have to accept in order to complete my Master's degree so I will be losing my employment and insurance that would have helped pay for some of the treatment after April. If you can help us and donate to our fund towards IVF, and hopefully to becoming parents, we both would be so grateful.
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Amanda Pitts
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North Highlands, CA