Full Hearts, High Hopes: Infertility Journey

We are at a loss for words to convey how moved we are by our patients this National Infertility Awareness Week. Your stories resonate with us deeply and we know your reflections inspire hope in others trying to conceive. We are eternally grateful to be on this journey with you, to be able to care for you, and to help you realize your dreams of a growing family.


@swayzeeramage It’s time to get real… This week marks #infertilityawareness week and what better way to honor this week than to share our story… I am finally ready.

**Infertility wasn’t supposed to be part of our story. My plan was supposed to go like this, get married, start a career, and have a hand-full of kids. It was supposed to be easy. But, this wasn’t exactly how our story turned out. I don’t share this for self-pity or for others to feel sorry for us, but to show other couples going through a similar issue, that they are not alone. I completely and whole heartedly understand the pain and agony that infertility brings. **After almost 3 full years of trying for our 2nd child with multiple failed IUIs and thousands of tears, IVF became our next best option. With a change in doctors, new medical diagnoses, multiple procedures to prepare my body, numerous injections and thousands of miles, I am proud to say… We. Officially. Beat. Infertility. **Dr. Lee Caperton at Caperton Fertility Institute (CFI) out of Albuquerque,NM was THE answer to our prayers. He runs an incredible institute with the most AMAZING staff that we have ever met. Although I didn’t expect our story to take this path, I owe everything to CFI for giving us this miracle and this chance to be parents again. We are so excited for this next step in our life.

We are pregnant!! **Attached is our baby, our successful IVF pregnancy announcement and the video I made of our transfer day and our family’s reactions to the news. Our infertility journey has affected all of them in one way or another and I wanted nothing more than to capture some of their reactions ❤

Thank you for all of your support, love and prayers. They have definitely been felt ❤ ***I could only attach a portion of the video, so if you would like, the full video may be found on Facebook.*** #1in8 #flipthescript #infertilityawareness #ramagebaby2 #capertonfertilityinstitute #becausecaperton #infertility #pcos #endometriosis #icsi #fet #14weeks


Excerpted from “Good Eggs” from raisingwerderboys.com

“Well, keep taking your prenatal vitamins. You can add some vitamin D and CoQ10 to your routine. That’s about all we can do about AMH. We can’t increase it but we may be able to preserve it. I’ve seen woman with numbers much lower than yours conceive a baby. I’m so sorry.” -That’s what I was told one month into our journey of starting a family. I hung up the phone and I wept…

For couples with fertility issues it seems we become all too well versed in reproductive endocrinology. Friends and family might think you’ve started taking night classes at the local medical school. Sadly, when you have to track your cycle down to the minute, hound techs at the lab for test results, draw and re-draw hormone levels multiple times a month, and spend hundreds (and I literally mean hundreds) of hours in fertility chat rooms and on TTC (trying to conceive) boards, this all just becomes a normal part of making a baby.

You may be thinking, “back the ovulation train on up there, Heather. Neurotic much? Why the hell were you seeing an RE ONE MONTH into ttc?!” Well, the best place to start is always at the beginning…

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I wrote this after our second miscarriage in October, never thinking I’d share it. But while infertility effects 1 in 8 couples and 1 in 4 women will experience a miscarriage, I had never felt more lonely. I’m proud to be a part of breaking the stigma and voicing my struggles so hopefully I can help at least one woman not feel so alone. • Infertility and miscarriage rob you of your natural innocence. You no longer have blind hope and unwavering positivity. Fear is constantly in your heart, preparing for it to break again. But, I promise you, keep holding on to that last little piece of hope that you have left. Hold tight and don’t let go, because I know God will grant you the desires of your heart. • #nationalinfertilityawarenessweek #niaw #infertility #miscarriage #ivf #ivfjourney

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@ourfamilyivfjourney Happy #NIAW Reflecting on our journey has me in tears. I am at a place in life that I could only dream of. I never thought I’d ever have a child of my own- a child I could call mine- a child whom I could love so dearly. And, here I am, 2 years later with my dream as a reality. I’m very thankful for my journey. I’ve had the opportunity to be blessed with incredible people. Thank you. #flipthescript #mylovelylittlelorelai #myivfjourney #myivfbaby #cfisuccess #becausecaperton