Campaign Story

My name is Bobbi Jo and my Husband’s name is Marvin. We’ve been together for almost 17 years and married for 6 years. We never questioned why we never got pregnant and we okay with whatever God had planned for us and our life together. Well, until one day May 11, 2022. I was 35 y/o. I was suppose to start my menstrual cycle, and it hadn’t started that day. After all these years it had always been every 26 days and never a day late. I said “Let’s pee on a stick for fun!” Well it was a positive pregnancy test. We were surprised, scared, but so ready for this chapter of parenthood. Well things didn’t work out i ended up have a miscarriage at about 9 weeks. A few months go by and hurricane Ian hit Fort Myers, we stayed home for the hurricane and didn’t evacuate and our house flooded about 4 feet deep. We lost everything except the structure of our home. Scariest thing we’ve been thru but after that we knew we had our lives and eachother and the clean up process began. One day I was in so much pain in fetal position in the middle of ripping out all the drywall and I knew something was wrong. I miscarried a few days later on Oct, 17th 2022 and had no clue I was pregnant. 2 months go by and I’m pregnant again, I found out December 21st 2022. I ended up having a miscarriage Feb. 9, 2023. My husband and I decided let’s wait like 5 or 6 month and let my body have a break. So about 6 months and we were trying and nothing happened, So we started to see a fertility doctor. We had a visit and started with bloodwork and i ended up being pregnant again, I found out the week of Thanksgiving in 2023. We felt good about this pregnancy since we were seeing a fertility doctor even though we hadn’t started any fertility treatments. I started to spot like all the other pregnancies and Jan 1, 2024 I ended up having a miscarriage. #4. I ended up calling the fertility doctor and let them know I had miscarried and we never went over the bloodwork and what was the next step, and over the phone the receptionist said “Everything looks good, your only option is IVF!” How inconsiderate of my feelings, i never went back to that particular doctor. I never questioned God or why this was happening, I always said this is God’s plan for us. I always stayed positive and never beat myself up about it. Fast forward to March 2025 our cat had cancer and we put her down March 21, 2025. Worst thing I ever had to do, anyone who knows me personally knows my pets are my children. Well God knew it was tough for me and 2 days later I found out I was pregnant for the 5th time. This pregnancy was the real deal. I had all the symptoms and i was sick, nauseous, throwing up. We went to our conformation with our midwife and they couldn’t find a heartbeat and the sac looked empty. Come to find out this pregnancy I took a higher dose of progesterone and this was causing the nausea, tiredness, breast tenderness and vomiting. Depressing, but I am still ready to move forward and try again. So we reached out to a fertility doctor, named Dr. Sweet located here in Fort Myers. Now we are ready to see what’s causing these miscarriages and are ready to start a family.. this is our story. We were hoping we didnt have to do IVF but now are willing to try whatever to have a baby. So with a little help it may be possible. -The Bradley’s