Evans Family Fertility Journey

1. Infertility Journey Update

   February 13, 2025(edited)

   New Update: Hey there! I just wanted to give an update on our infertility journey and what the plans are now. We have now completed two IVF cycles. Our first IVF cycle was in January. It was an egg retrieval/fresh transfer cycle. Our egg retrieval was done on January 8, in which we retrieved three eggs. Of those three eggs, one egg was mature, and it fertilized and turned into an embryo. We transferred that embryo, which was the best quality embryo we could have, on January 11. Sadly, that transfer resulted in an early pregnancy loss (chemical pregnancy/early miscarriage). Our second egg retrieval/fresh transfer cycle was in this month of February. When I went in for my egg retrieval February 12, it was found that the follicles had collapsed, which means I ovulated early, so no eggs were collected. It is very heartbreaking and discouraging when you don’t retrieve any eggs. We were hoping for at least one egg again that could’ve turned into an embryo, but sadly that’s not the case. So we have now had two failed IVF cycles and have lost a total of five babies, including our son, Gary. This has been such a painful journey. Our next steps are to do a donor egg cycle. With a donor egg cycle you have to pay for the donor eggs and pay for a retrieval cycle and medications for the donor as well as pay for a frozen transfer and medications for myself. We are waiting to hear back from the Fertility Clinic to determine when we can start our donor egg cycle and move forward. Hopefully, one day we will get to have a living child. We will keep you posted. ____________________ Older Update: We met with the doctor at RMA of Lehigh Valley. Due to my bloodwork and testing that I had done we now have a new plan of action. I was diagnosed with infertility. My infertility is due to recurrent pregnancy loss and a severely diminished ovarian reserve. My right fallopian tube is also 100% blocked and doesn’t work. Our next steps will be IVF. We talked to the financial coordinator at RMA and found that for one round of IVF including medication’s egg retrieval embryo transfer, etc. that it was gonna cost us $32,000 in Pennsylvania. That cost is only for one chance and that didn’t sit well with me. So I started doing some research. During my research, I found CNY Fertility in Syracuse, New York. I spoke with the financial coordinator there and it was determined that for the same price as in Pennsylvania, we could do 3 to 4 rounds of IVF, giving us more chances at having a living child. We have finally gotten everything switched over from RMA in Lehigh Valley to CNY Fertility in Syracuse. We had our initial consultation and our follow up appointment was this morning. The plan is to do my first egg retrieval at the end of December to beginning of January wherever my cycle falls and then we will be doing a fresh embryo transfer. Starting in a week or two, I will be giving myself two injections a day to help make my body a better vessel for our future pregnancy. When my cycle begins in December, I will be calling to report ‘day one’ of my cycle to get everything moving and to start the meds for our first egg retrieval. We know this is going to be a long and hard journey, but it will all be worth it to be able to have a chance of having a living child. We will keep you all posted!

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