Campaign Story

Hi, my name is Celina and I am one of the many fighting this fertility battle. My husband Valentino and I married in 2018 and were so excited to start our family. Fast forward to 2019 and still no baby, so here comes the battles. I found out that my fallopian tubes were damaged beyond repair due to my appendix rupturing when I was a child. I was told I had to have them removed and IVF was our only option so I had my surgery, gave myself some time to recover and had a few baking fundraisers to raise money for my first IVF cycle. We completed our first cycle and were blessed with 5 embryos, transferred 1 that did not implant. I switched clinics and had my remaining embryos transferred to my new clinic. We prepared for our second embryo transfer, the day of that transfer I found out my embryos were damaged so only had two remaining. We decided to transfer the remaining two which were not very good quality so that also failed. With no embryos left, in 2022 we completed our second IVF cycle and put our embryo transfer on hold, I was not prepared mentally or emotionally to go through another heartbreak. Well, just last month we decided to go ahead with the third embryo transfer. We had high hopes but just last week we found out that little embaby also did not implant. We are now preparing emotionally and financially for our fourth transfer.

Unfortunately insurance does not cover IVF or embryo transfers so I ask my friends and family for any donation, no donation is too small. If you are not able to donate a share or prayer is also very much appreciated.

If you’ve made it this far, thank you for taking the time to read this.

With love, the Avalos’s.