Dear donors,

 

We want to thank you for your compassionate choice to donate your embryos and to give them a chance at life. This is a selfless decision and speaks volumes to who you are. To give people another chance to have a baby is the greatest gift you could possibly give. We hope that you'll consider us as your embryo recipients.

 

We are fortunate enough to have been blessed with a 14 year old daughter who has been the light of our lives. I was a single mom for the first 10 years of her life before I met my husband. For those 10 years it was just her and I. We’ve always been best friends, even now as she goes into her teenage years. We've raised her to care deeply about everyone, no matter their background, to try and bring positivity into the world, and care about the world around her.

 

My husband and I met in September of 2020 at work. Shortly after we met I introduced him to my daughter. They bonded right away and that's when I knew we were meant to be together. We got engaged in October of 2021 and married in September of 2022. We were both at points in life where we knew who we were and what we wanted. That always included growing our family. We immediately started trying for a baby. Since I already had a daughter we never imagined that we’d struggle to conceive. We've had multiple miscarriages before starting IVF in October 2023. Our first cycle failed. We took some time before starting a 2nd cycle in April 2024. Unfortunately even after our 2nd egg retrieval we were left with zero embryos and no answers, just unexplained infertility.

 

It’s been a bumpy ride on this journey to expand our family. We have so much love to give. We want to experience pregnancy and raising a child together. Our daughter wants nothing more than to be a big sister.

 

My husband and I are both driven by making a difference. I collect life saving blood products and my husband tests samples for colon cancer. We are raising our daughter with the same values. It matters deeply to us to be kind, to do what’s right, and to make a difference.

 

We are very family oriented, and spend a lot of quality time together. We enjoy kayaking, hiking, gardening, going on road trips, visiting family, and playing games. We also love to vacation, and see and learn about nature, history. and art. On vacations we always gravitate to activities like whale watching, visiting zoo's, hiking in the national parks, and visiting museums of art and history.

We have a strong support system in place and spend most weekends visiting our families. My husbands parents live nearby, and are amazingly supportive of us. They have done a lot to try to help us grow our family and are super excited to have more grandchildren. His grandparents also live nearby and love to hold family get-togethers for Holidays and just for fun. We often visit my hometown, where my grandma, brother and great aunt, who's like a second mother to me, live. My grandma loves kids and looks forward to another child joining the family. My brother and I have a close relationship and he is a wonderful uncle to our daughter.

 

Last July, my husband and I purchased a home together in a suburb of the city where we work. Our home is 3 bedrooms with 2 baths. We bought a large house in anticipation of growing our family. It's a quiet town, but with enough activities for families to enjoy. We enjoy going to fairs, art shows, and live only 2 blocks from a beautiful park where we love to go biking, play on the swings, long boarding, and on walks with our dog. Getting out of the city has been a great choice for our daughters education. We came to the suburb right before she started high school, and she has been super successful in this new school system thanks to less stress due to smaller classes, more 1:1 time with teachers, a great group of friends, and her own motivation. We live close to the college she wants to attend as an art major. We're extremely proud of her!

 

If we're lucky enough for you to choose to help us grow our family, just know that this child will be loved unconditionally, supported fully, and raised with strong values.