My goal with this story you are about to read, is to encourage couples that are currently riding the emotional and financial roller coaster of infertility, that it can happen for you.
I too went through five IVF cycles to have my first baby girl four years ago. I want you to know you’re not alone, that so many couples are in your exact situation. Lets get the conversation started, I want those families to reach out, infertility is not something to go through by yourself.
You WILL need people around you to nurture you, to help you, and to lean on when you need it. Do not be ashamed of any situation.
Please read on to hear The Dansey’s Story –
We have just welcomed our second beautiful child into our family with the help of IVF. We couldn’t be happier, boy or girl it didn’t matter, just a healthy baby.
An outsider’s perception would be that we have conceived our two beautiful children without pain, struggle, financial hardship, stress, doubt and every question imaginable. But that was the reality for us and have since found out once we started our IVF journey, the reality for many other couples too.
When our plan to start a family didn’t go the way we imagined, it was something we as a couple dealt with privately. It felt like we were never going to experience the joy of having our own baby. We couldn’t see outside our unsuccessful bubble. There were the endless highs and lows before we eventually welcomed our first baby boy into our life with the help of IVF.
When we realised we were going to be unsuccessful falling naturally with our second child, we used what we had learnt first time round and opened up and shared our experience with close friends and family. This was the best decision we had ever made. They are your friends and family for a reason. To be there and help you get through these types of things both good and bad.
We weren’t given a reason for why we couldn’t fall pregnant and we found this hard because we didn’t know what to do to help/change things. So we had to try what felt like every imaginable option to try and conceive or increase our chances through IVF.
We keep these things so close you don’t realise how many couples have some form of struggle while trying to conceive. The stories you hear are both better and worse than your own situation but all with the same understanding. The same understanding that you have had the same experience on some level and you are not alone. It helps give you confidence, comfort, perspective and strength to get you through everything that is thrown at you.
We are one of the extremely lucky ones and now have 2 children with the help of IVF. We are so thankful and absolutely understand what miracles they are. We will always be so sensitive of what may be going on with other people and hope that others experience the same beautiful success we have. We know that by being more open about our experience, we have helped not only ourselves but others going through a similar journey. Xx Kylie
Credit to Dr Michael Flynn for their successful IVF to contact him please click this link – To book your newborn photography session please CONTACT ME HERE.