Campaign Story

Hello everybody, my name is Erin and my wife is Tatajana. We are trying to have a baby! After many unsuccessful attempts on our own, we have decided to go the route of IVF. As I’m sure most of you know, IVF is very expensive! For total treatment costs we are looking at $36,000 dollars. It has been our dream to build our little family of two and though we tried our hardest, we need the help of these specialists. Most people can get tax breaks, and help with these costs through different sources. Unfortunately for us as a gay couple, we are not offered those same breaks.

Most recently, in 2021, the IRS released PLR 202114001, in which the IRS concluded that a same-sex married couple’s ARTs costs related to the surrogate (including egg donation, IVF, and surrogacy) did not constitute medical care of the taxpayer and, therefore, were not deductible. It doesn’t make sense why we cannot get help but heterosexual couples can, but such is life.

We are asking our friends, family and community to contribute ANYTHING they can, to help us make this dream come true.
My beautiful wife Tatajana will be carrying and so far the doctors are confident that she is more than ready and capable of conceiving with the help of IVF. We hope that you will follow us through this journey, even if you cannot contribute. Thank you so much for your time and we ask for your best wishes and prayers in this venture.