Sometimes Miracles Need a Little Help – Merkel Fam
Sometimes Miracles Need a Little Help – Merkel Fam
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$10,000.00
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$0.00
Funds Raised -
356
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Jessica McCloud is organizing this fundraiser.
Campaign Story
Help Us Grow Our Family Through IVF
Blake & Jessica’s Journey to Complete Their Family
Hi everyone,
We’re Blake and Jessica, and we’re reaching out with full hearts and hopeful spirits as we take a vulnerable step in sharing our story. We’ve been together for over four wonderful years and are currently engaged to be married. Our love has grown stronger with each passing year, and now we’re ready to grow our family together.
I, Jessica – have three beautiful daughters from a previous marriage, and Blake has embraced them with so much love and care — he is already an incredible father figure. But like many couples, we dream of having a child together, someone who carries a piece of both of us, to bring us even closer and complete our family as one.
Unfortunately, this journey hasn’t been easy. Due to medical complications in the past, I had to have my fallopian tubes removed, which means I can no longer conceive naturally. IVF is our only path to having a child together.
Over the past few years, I’ve also had the honor of donating my eggs twice to families who were struggling with infertility. It was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life, and it deepened my understanding of what it means to help others create a family when they thought it might never be possible.
Now, we find ourselves on the other side of that story — needing help ourselves.
During the donation process, I learned that my egg count is diminishing much faster than expected. Time is no longer on our side. If we want to have a baby together, we need to act now — to retrieve and preserve my remaining healthy eggs and create embryos we can use for IVF after we’re married.
Unfortunately, our medical insurance doesn’t cover any of these costs. The expenses of egg retrieval, embryo creation, and storage are overwhelming, and it’s something we simply can’t afford on our own — especially as we also prepare for our wedding and future life together.
That’s why we’re reaching out.
We’re humbly asking for your support — whether it’s a donation, a share, or simply sending prayers and love our way. Every little bit helps us take one step closer to the baby we’ve been dreaming of. A child who would be a beautiful symbol of our love, and a joyful addition to the family we’re building together.
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for taking the time to read our story. Thank you for caring. And thank you, most of all, for helping us hold onto the hope of bringing new life into this world, together.
With love and gratitude,
Blake & Jessica
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Jessica McCloud is organizing this fundraiser.