Help make baby Castro!
Help make baby Castro!
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$9,000.00
Fundraiser Goal -
$1,615.00
Funds Raised -
0
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Caitlin Castro is organizing this fundraiser.
Campaign Story
Hey everyone!
Kyle and I have been trying to conceive for about 10 months now. Myself being 36, fortunately my OBGYN was proactive and started investigating our infertility 3 months after trying with no success. Test after test and month after month we finally discovered that the issue was likely a semen issue. Even though it is rarely discussed because we live in a society where men are taught to hide these things, this is the cause for 40-50% of all cases of infertility. If more couples were outspoken about these things, we could all feel less shame and stigma around things out of our control. But because of this, it would be a miracle if we were able to conceive without medical intervention.
Thankfully, we have great insurance due to Kyle’s hard work at the company he works for and they are covering a huge portion of this but unfortunately we will still be responsible for roughly $10k. We just paid the fertility clinic $5800 today and will owe for medications, anesthesia, biopsies and testing our insurance didn’t cover and later a couple thousand more for the transfer of the embryos.
As many of you know, we have an 11 year old that Kyle stepped up and adopted this year. He is already a wonderful father and Penney and I both would love for him to get to experience a child from the beginning.
Kyle and I are pretty wonderful and we’re looking to create one of the best souls in the universe together ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Any help we receive is insanely appreciated as we were expecting insurance to actually cover quite a bit more than this.
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11-18-2024
Baseline appointment ✔️
Baseline ultrasound and bloodwork completed! We start injections 7/11!
Thank you so much to those who have already donated. This means more than we can articulate to us. We can’t wait to grow our family and bring another wonderful Castro into this world.
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11-18-2024
Unfortunate update
As many of you know, Kyle and I transferred one of our only two embryos earlier this month. We chose our female embryo. After initial success and positive pregnancy tests, we unfortunately miscarried.
We are devastated but managing. I think both of us are feeling good being off social media at this time but wanted to give an update to our journey.
This means we have 1 more shot to get pregnant. We will probably try again next year with more tests and expenses to come.
This process is not for the faint of heart and isn’t something I’d wish on anyone. Thank you for all the prayers and support we have received so far and that we know we will receive going forward.
| Name | Donation | Date |
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| Kirsten Harrison | $200.00 | July 22, 2024 |
| Jodi Fritts | $50.00 | July 12, 2024 |
| Trisha Brecheen | $50.00 | July 11, 2024 |
| Leah Merritt | $100.00 | July 03, 2024 |
| Seledia Smith | $500.00 | June 26, 2024 |
| Huyen Cao | $50.00 | June 23, 2024 |
| Taylor Elliott | $100.00 | June 23, 2024 |
| Warren Addington | $50.00 | June 22, 2024 |
| Dixie Watkins | $50.00 | June 22, 2024 |
| Taylor Fisher | $100.00 | June 22, 2024 |
| Jessi Walters | $100.00 | June 22, 2024 |
| Rebecca Moser | $100.00 | June 22, 2024 |
| Misty Stultz | $100.00 | June 21, 2024 |
| Casey Castro | $25.00 | June 21, 2024 |
| Taylor McCurtain | $40.00 | June 21, 2024 |
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