My only hope is to pray that whoever reads this finds my wife’s story inspirational or our story helps inspire someone along the way. I recently came across a story that talked about how the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation helps with family planning. My wife and I are in an unique position in planning for a family. The follow is copied from a website my wife and I setup to help share our story. We set up this site to share our emotions and hunt for inspiration as every day is a struggle. Please take time to read about us and what we are going through. Once again I don’t expect anything to come of this but I know I must continue to search for support so hopefully one day my wife and I can have the family we have always dreamed of.
Source: http://www.yourcarign.com/amadnawelker
A few years ago my husband and I started trying to get pregnant. After 3 years of trying we decided to go seek help. Our doctor suggested that i have an exploratory surgery to see what was going on. After the surgery he told us something we thought we would never hear. I had extreme scaring of my fallopian tubes causing hydrosalpinges resulting in infertility. He told my husband and I we would never be able to have kids naturally without help.
Devestation, as a woman I felt cheated out of my right to give birth. My husband being the last male in his family felt like he had failed them. We have been to doctors in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee and all the doctors agree..
There isn't a day that goes by that we don't pray for a child. We try and then every month I get my period and hope diminishes. We ignored the doctors for a while, thinking to ourselves they couldn’t be right. But every month we get a reminder that they are. We have explored all our options and have determined that IVF is our best option. For us boasting what doctors hope to be a 80% success rate. 80% that's great but then...
The new healthcare laws stripped me from my husband’s insurance and we are now facing a very expensive procedure. So versus giving up hope we have decided to pray,save and ask for your help. We are a young middle class family (he is 31 and I'm 33), so we know money isn't easy to come by but we are asking for any donation, no matter what amount.
This campaign is about bringing a gorgeous baby into this world but it's also about lifting our spirits and realizing that there are people out there that love and support us. Even a dollar donation will brighten our day and helps us realize we have wonderful caring people who share our dream of keeping a family name alive, God giving us a beautiful baby and answering our prayers. Thank you in advance for any help. Even if you don't donate keep this going by tell someone you know with infertility that you love them. Trust us when we say it makes a difference. –
*** We recently sent this to our local news station and they were going to run a story about us. However they backed out at the last month stating the story was too controversial.
http://www.youcaring.com/amandawelker