Campaign Story

Thank you so much for stopping by our fundraising page! We are Amerique and Cory Caamano. We would love nothing more than to be able to bring another child into our lives.

We are the incredibly lucky parents of Charlie who can’t wait to be a big brother. In fact, every wish he makes is for a baby sister. But we think he will be overjoyed with the sibling he gets! We want so badly to make that wish come true for him. He’s incredibly deserving and just the sweetest kid. He sees a baby and his face lights up and all he wants to do is make them smile.

Our journey for a second child has been long and extremely hard. Harder than it should ever be. It’s been filled with a lot of heartbreak and loss. We started this journey over 2 years ago and have suffered 4 miscarriages in the process. The most recent was Mother’s Day weekend.

With the diagnosis of recurrent miscarriages, we’ve been directed to look into other options that includes a lot of testing and fertility procedures.

We’ve decided to move forward with IVF with preimplantation genetic testing to hopefully get the most perfect little embryo that could. The cost of doing this is incredibly expensive and we have to pay a large portion up front to even get started. We know this part of our journey will be hard emotionally and physically but we would literally go to the ends of the Earth for another baby in our arms. We’ve been through so much already but the IVF process brings us some hope.

We have one rainbow baby, our Charlie, and are hopeful for another rainbow after all the storms.

Family, friends, acquaintances, strangers, supporters, kind hearts: Anything at all will help us towards this goal even just sharing our story. Please also send us some strength and positive thoughts. Much love to you all. We appreciate the support more than we will ever be able to describe.

For anyone going through loss, we are always here for you any time you need us. No one should go through it feeling alone.

Overall update: Our 1st round of IVF started off hopeful. My body responded well to the medications. We were able to retrieve 4 eggs and out of those we got 2 embryos, which is amazing. Unfortunately, we lost both of them as they were non-viable due to chromosomally abnormalities. We lost a chance at both a girl and a boy.

We’ve been absolutely heartbroken since we got the call. We know we don’t want to give up and that another miracle baby will be in our arms one day.

We met with our doctor and believe that another round of IVF and genetic testing is our best chance. My body and mind just can’t go through another miscarriage. I can handle the shots and procedures. Those are easy compared to what I’ve been through.

We will have a very similar protocol with the addition of 1 or 2 more medications. I’ve already started on some additional supplements. We really need to raise another $4-$5k in order to get started with a second round. We beg and plead for another chance. Thank you again for all of the support and love!