Zach and Kelley’s infertility journey

Hi everyone, we’re Zach and Kelley Richards. They say it takes a village to raise a child, so we’re here asking our village of family and friends and our community to help us make a child and start our family. We’ve been together for 5 years and married for almost 3. We were SO eager to start growing our family after we got married. We thought it’d happen effortlessly and right away just as everyone thinks. Well, we were wrong. We’re 1 of the 48 million couples in the world that get to struggle with infertility, something that’s not talked about enough. We have tried month after month and all we see are negative pregnancy tests. We’ve done countless tests, bloodwork, invasive procedures, taken medications and so much more since we started 3 years ago. A lot has happened since October of 2022 when we last shared our infertility journey. Zach ended up having the varicocele surgery done in December 2022 to try and help fix his counts. We are now 7 months past that and still struggling with low counts, but we are looking into our next option as we are very eager to start our family. We are planning to do an IUI (intrauterine insemination) with our fertility clinic soon. Unfortunately, just like Zach's surgery he had, this is also not covered by our insurance as we have zero infertility coverage, as everything we’ve been doing in our journey has been self pay. This journey has been financially stressful as well as mentally, physically and emotionally exhausting. Cost of this will be roughly $1,500ish per monthly cycle. Our clinic is again requiring payment up front the day we have the IUI done. We are asking for more help in our journey to getting our sweet baby and making our dreams come true of becoming parents. We have waited so long already and we are soooo beyond ready to hold a baby of our own in our arms and love that child more than we can even imagine. We pray and hope it will be successful in the first cycle and we get pregnant!  We have gotten so much love and encouraging words and support from friends and family and we are and always will be ever so grateful for your kindness and assistance in trying to grow our family. Thank you to all that have made it to the end of this and read about our journey and if you choose to help us financially, just know we are beyond thankful for it.
 Love, Zach and Kelley ❤️