Journey to our rainbow baby

Hi everyone, we are David and Michelle! When we started this journey almost 3 years ago, we never thought it would take this long or go in this direction. We thought because we had gotten pregnant, before losing it, in 2017, we would have no issues getting pregnant 2 years later. Fast forward almost 3 years, 3 additional miscarriages, countless ovulation tests, timing and tracking every part of my cycle, planning our lives around my cycles, countless infertility testing, multiple doctors, a few thousand dollars, almost a year of infertility meds and treatments, constant rollercoasters of emotions and it brings us to this current moment. We had a follow up appointment in February with the doctor who had been doing our most recent treatments and were told that we would not be going forward with anymore treatments and that our only option is IVF. Yesterday we had our consultation with an IVF doctor who agreed that this is the only way we will get pregnant.

Unfortunately, I suffered a pelvic infection in 2018 after a procedure and it is believed that this is the cause of our problems. We asked the doctor if he thought that if we kept trying on our own, if we would have some success at some point, we were given a point blank answer of no. He said that it’s more than likely my Fallopian tubes and the only way to bypass this is with IVF. It seems that everything keeps coming back to IVF. We left the appointment feeling hopeful of the future as he kept saying this would be such a great thing for us to do, we would have better luck with this than anything else and told that we can start any time. Then came the call today where we were told that it will be at least $20,000+ for just the first cycle. We never thought we would ever get to this point where the only option left available to us is something we can’t do due to cost.

Never would we have thought we would be desperate enough to ask others for help. This is something we want more than anything, but not something we are able to afford on our own. I work in healthcare and my husband helps manage a dairy farm, unfortunately both being jobs that don’t provide us with enough extra money to pay for IVF. We are hoping for even just a little help to allow us to try our last shot at having a family. We have so much love to give to a child and just can’t imagine our lives without having a little family.

We ask that if you are unable to help us with creating our family, that you please share our story. Any sort of help is more appreciated than you could ever know, even if it’s in prayer and positive thoughts thrown our way. Our hearts go out to everyone going through a journey like ours and pray that everyone has their dream of having a family granted. Thank you again!