We are Tracey and Jasmine, a loving, married LGBTQ+ couple, two women who share a beautiful dream of expanding our family through reciprocal IVF. As a same-sex couple, our journey to parenthood comes with unique challenges, but our desire to welcome a child into this world is no different from that of any other loving family. We hope to be given the opportunity to experience the extraordinary gift of bringing a baby into our lives together. Our love story began in 2018, when we met and formed a friendship that would eventually change both of our lives. For years, we shared a special connection, supporting one another through life’s joys, hardships, and unexpected challenges. Although we quietly carried feelings for each other, neither of us imagined that our friendship would one day blossom into the love and marriage we share today. In 2026, we finally followed our hearts and gave love a chance. What began as friendship grew into something truly extraordinary. We fell deeply in love and discovered that the person we had been searching for had been beside us all along. Today, we are happily married, raising Jasmine’s wonderful ten-year-old son and sharing our home with three beloved dogs. Our family is filled with laughter, affection, compassion, and unconditional love. Yet, there is one dream that remains especially close to our hearts: the opportunity to welcome a baby that we can bring into this world together. Our journey has not been without heartbreak. Jasmine is a proud United States Navy veteran who endured the unimaginable loss of a child during her military service. Losing a child who had already entered this world is a heartbreak that no parent should ever have to experience. That child will forever remain part of her heart, her life, and her story. Through her strength and resilience, Jasmine continues to be a devoted and loving mother to her ten-year-old son. I have faced my own challenges on the path to motherhood. At 45 years old, after being told by doctors that I am medically unable to carry a pregnancy, I struggled with the possibility that I might never experience the joy of bringing a child into our family. But our love has given us renewed hope. Reciprocal IVF represents an incredibly meaningful opportunity for us. Our dream is to use my egg while Jasmine carries our baby, allowing both of us to share a deeply personal connection to the journey of creating our child. For us, this is so much more than a fertility treatment. It represents hope, healing, partnership, and the possibility of fulfilling a dream we have carried in our hearts for so long. We dream of the beautiful, everyday moments of parenthood: hearing our baby’s first laugh, holding tiny hands, celebrating birthdays, watching first steps, and seeing Jasmine’s son experience the joy of becoming a big brother. We imagine bedtime stories, family dinners, holidays, school activities, and countless memories created together. Most importantly, we envision raising a child who will never have to question how deeply they are loved, wanted, and cherished. As two women building a family together, we understand that our path may look different from others, but the love we have to offer is immeasurable. We want our future child to grow up in a home where kindness, acceptance, respect, and unconditional love are part of everyday life. We know that welcoming another child will never replace the precious life Jasmine lost. Instead, we hope to embrace a new chapter while forever honoring the child who remains part of her story. Unfortunately, the financial cost of reciprocal IVF presents a significant obstacle. Although we are committed to pursuing our dream, the expenses associated with fertility treatment make this journey difficult to achieve without assistance. Receiving an IVF grant would mean far more to us than financial support. It would give two loving mothers the opportunity to pursue a dream that medical circumstances and financial barriers have made difficult to reach. We are not asking for a guarantee. We are asking for a chance. A chance to grow our family. A chance to give our son a little brother or sister. A chance for both of us to participate in the beautiful journey of bringing a child into this world. And a chance to give another child a lifetime of unconditional love. Our story began with friendship, grew into love, and became a marriage. Today, we stand together as wives, partners, and mothers at heart, hoping that our next chapter will include the beautiful blessing of welcoming a baby. We already have the love, the home, and the family ready to welcome another child. What we need is the opportunity to make that dream possible. Thank you for considering our application, honoring our journey as an LGBTQ+ family, and helping couples like us believe that parenthood can become a reality. With heartfelt gratitude, love, and hope, Tracey & Jasmine How we'll use the funds: Medication cost, pre-treatment screening for both partners, treatments for the egg providing partner, lab procedures, treatments for the carrying partner, ovarian stimulation & egg retrieval to provide the eggs, while the other partner receives honoring uterine preparation. Embryo transfer to carry the pregnancy.