Campaign Story

I am Brianna’s you get sister and for as long as I can remember Brianna has wanted children. Her dream is to become a mom and her husband, Simeon has supported her dream and stood next to her for the past 7 years. I know they are going to be the best parents one day!!

Here is their story!

For those of you that don’t know us, my name is Brianna and my husband’s name is Simeon. We have been married for three years this August. We dated prior to that for about four years. Throughout our nearly seven years together he has been my very best friend and love of my life. I truly couldn’t face half of what I do if I didn’t have him by my side. I am a waitress, photographer, and I am currently in college to earn a nursing degree. My husband is a full-time police officer and has been for the past five years. We both have careers that we are passionate about and have a wonderful life together. Within the past two years of our marriage, we both have discussed our desire to start a family and we both knew it wasn’t going to be an easy journey. When I was fifteen years old, I went and seen a doctor for some health concerns I was having. Within a year I was diagnosed with celiac disease and infertility. I never expected at such a young age to have to worry about whether I could have children. Throughout my teenage years I really struggled mentally and emotionally. I constantly battled the thoughts of being unworthy and always felt that I couldn’t find anyone that would be okay with the possibility of me not being able to have children naturally. I struggled with that for many years until I met my husband. I knew very shortly after we started dating that he was the one I was going to marry, and I knew that I could trust and depend on him. When I told Simeon about my diagnoses, he assured me that no matter what it took or what our future would look like, he would be right beside me through it all, and that we would never stop praying for our miracle. Since telling my husband years ago he has never once let me forget that I deserve to be a mother, and no matter how our baby came into our lives we would love that baby so much. Into our second year of marriage, we decided we wanted to go see a new doctor and see what our options were. The doctor heard my diagnoses and thought he could help us get pregnant. He had us try a couple of options, and it was costing us some money to pay for the medications, but we tried for around six months. I started to get a little discouraged and exhausted with the process. My doctor told me that he wouldn’t be offended if I went and seen an infertility specialist since they specialized in cases like mine and that he would be here whenever we did get pregnant. So, I drove to Ohio to see an extremely qualified fertility doctor, we did some testing to see what steps we needed to take to get pregnant. I received a call a few days later and we got some answers. I was very heartbroken to find out that the treatments we needed were going to be out of our budget and would be for the foreseeable future. For the past year or so we decided to take a break from the idea of growing our family to start planning and prepare for the day we can start our family. I decided to go back to school to find some purpose and hopefully one day, my dream is to help others who are going through infertility or work in women’s health. In the meantime, we appreciate everyone’s prayers for our miracle. We are one in eight couples that struggle with infertility. It is one of the hardest battles for couples to face, and it is hard to stay encouraged when there is little to no hope. I wish it was an easier journey, but we are doing our very best to stay encouraged and hopeful for the day our sweet baby arrives. We will never give up on our miracle.