Campaign Story

Hey its me, Michelle!

A lot of you know my husband and I. If you don’t, my name is Michelle and my husband name is Jerry. We got married on November 4, 2017 in Georgia. So, we have been married for five years. Jerry and I are involved in our church at Pentecostal of Spartanburg(so if you ever want to come to church, come join us!). We are Sunday school teachers and youth helpers. Jerry is a production planner and I am a manager at a small loan place. We have 2 dogs that are German Shorthair pointer, Minon and Harper. We became foster parents in the year 2019 and we had kids come and go from our house. We have loved every kid that came in and treated them like they were our own.

Why are we reading this you may ask.

Well, we have been going through this journey called infertility. Jerry and I have been going through this journey since 2018.Our close friends and family have been with us during this journey.This journey caused a lot of tears and questioning. It has definitely been a roller coaster, but I know our God has us in His hands.God takes us all on a different journey, right?I had to trust God and his plan for our life and that took a while. Trusting God and letting go of your plan can be hard! Even if you don’t know what that plan is. There were time I wanted to shut him out and do the plan on my own (there were times I did and Jerry had to shut my mouth sometimes) We are all human right? I had to ask for forgiveness (too many times to count) from God during this process because I said some things that I shouldn’t have.(no one is perfect.I am just trying to be honest on things I felt/did during this time).

You may ask yourself, what have I done to try to grow our family..

We have tried just medicine to medicine and shots. Then we tried iui. We did multiply rounds of iui. After every round of iui there Jerry and I would sit with a negative pregnant test. (Jerry was always positive and would just say there is always a next time. Its always in God timing)

Here just a little background with each doctor.

We have seen 3 doctors through this journey. First one was just medicine. I think we did like 3 rounds of just medicine.The second one was just medicine and one shot(we did four rounds) We also did a hysterosalpingogram. This is where they put dye in you to make sure your tubes are not block.Which one of my tubes leaked out the dye and the other shot out. He said it’s fine and that they are both open.So, after the fourth round the doctor told me that the only option left was ivf. At this point I wasn’t ready for ivf, which I have dreaded to be honest. I told myself,Jerry,Family, even God that I wasn’t going down that path. I cried about it and refuse to even think about it or talk about it. When someone brought it up, I would argue with them.(dramatic much? Yes I was) In my mind I was determined that I’m not going through it no matter what.Then we stopped treatment due to having a polyp. They had to due surgery to remove it. My doctor then sent a referral in to be seen by another doctor.

Just hang in there! We have one more doctor left!

Here we are on the third doctor. This time we tried iui.(this is costly,also) I did multiply rounds,I mean MULTIPLY rounds of iui. In the beginning of the iui, I told the doctor I DO NOT want to do ivf. He said okay we will keep doing IUI and change the shots around. We did serveral time. Well, Jerry and I took a vacation (we just needed to get away from it all.Ever felt that way?). While on vacation, we learned that it was another failed iui. I was completely devastated and I was so mad at God. (Again, I had to ask for forgiveness,I’m in my flesh here.) So we came back from vacation prayed and prayed.(we took a month break for fertility for my mind sake) Jerry and I talked and prayed that if the last round of IUI doesn’t work then we would try IVF and I was okay with it(This was a big step for me because I was so against it.) So we spoke to our last doctor and he stated that ivf is on the table and I told him we wanted to try one more round of iui and if that didn’t work then we will try ivf. Well, you wouldn’t be reading this if that round was successful.  The  doctor said this falls under unexplained infertility because my evaluations have been normal. I got very emotional when I read those words, but I remember God created me and He knows what’s going on. Jerry and I have prayed and prayed about this  journey.

Are you still with me? I know a lot of information!

So here we are 2023 and trying IVF!
So, with a little preview to our life and what we have been doing ,we need your help.This is a very expensive process, one we are relying on the Lord to show up and make possible. If you can’t donate, I am asking you to keep us in your prayer and fast for us during this journey because I know it will not be an easy one. So come be part of this journey with us!