Campaign Story

Hi, my name is Davida. Here is my story. If you open the door to the bedroom of the 5-year-old me, on my bed, you will see rows of dolls and stuff animals on pillows, and across from them, a chalkboard with today’s homework. I laugh, because my parents would call them Vida’s little creatures. My mom was a teacher, and I was giving these creatures the best imitation of her that I could with my little special touch. After I taught them everything that I knew from school that day, I would call their bus numbers and throw them across the room, which was my way of having them run to their bus. Once the last one went home, I would go to the other side of the room and pretend to cook dinner for my husband, a huge teddy bear and my 3 kids, which included Miss Piggy, a Smurf, and Big Bird. I never knew that I was preparing myself. As an adult I would become a college professor, teaching and mentoring hundreds of students, getting them ready for the careers that they would do for the rest of their lives. I never knew that instead of coming home to that great big teddy bear, that husband of mine, that I would be single without any kids. I would come home to the best talkative cat in the world, Sasha.
Who am I? I am the oldest of three kids. I have a brother and sister, each with 4 kids. I am the only sibling without a child and not married. Well, there were plenty of Mr. Wrongs. I waited for Mr. Right. HOPING he would come along so that we could start a family. I waited and waited. Now I am still single and without my own family. My grandmother had my dad at the age of 42, which is around my age. This tells me that it is still possible to have a healthy beautiful baby. I wished that I had not waited so long for Mr. Right to start my baby journey, but that part I cannot change. All I can do is something now.
From the time that I was a 5-year-old kid, to the rightful age that I am now, the dream and longing to become mother has never left but only grew stronger. I was HOPING to wait for Mr. Right, but I have realized that there is no time to wait. My time is now! While I am still fertile! My grandmother, being in her 40s and having my dad, gives me HOPE that I can still do it too! It’s in my DNA 😊! Being told by my physician that both sides of my fallopian tubes are blocked after two failed IUIs has saddened me. However, I still hold on to HOPE. One option that my physician mentioned for having a child of my own is via IVF. As you know this is very expensive! As a single person paying for fertility treatment, it takes me much longer to save and come up with the funds by myself. Your help would be the answer to making my dreams come true of becoming a mother. Thanks for taking the time to listen to my story.