Italo Gamarra
$100
Apr 3, 2022

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Round 1… Fight!
May 14, 2022(edited)
First off, thank you again to everybody who has shown support, and thank you for following us on this journey. After a small delay, we have finally started our first round of IVF injections. And when I say “we”, I mean Jennifer. She has been so strong and brave through this process so far. It’s really reinforced my belief that I married the right person. About a month ago, Jen finished a small cycle of birth control to prevent ovulation. When she went in for her bloodwork and ultrasound checkup, they had found a small benign cyst on one of her ovaries. The doc said these types of things are normal and typically go away after one menstrual cycle. So we waited a month, and sure enough, it was gone! So our clinical team deliberated about what our next step should be and they give us the green light to begin daily injections in preparation for IVF! We were excited, nervous, scared, and hopeful all at the same time. Yesterday was Jen’s first round of injections. And that was when it finally dawned on us that we’re really doing this. This whole time, getting bad news, setting up a fundraiser, paying thousands of dollars for medicines, procedures, etc., doctors visits and bloodwork, it never really sunk in until last night when I was holding a needle full of stimulation medication while Jen got emotional (rightfully so) and held her shirt up so I could reach her abdomen. The reality of infertility is truly something we would not wish on anybody. A good friend told me at the beginning of this “anybody can be a parent, some people just have to work a little harder for it”. And that’s the mentality we’re keeping moving forward. We still don’t know what’s going to happen. But we have two more days of injections. Then Jen will go in for bloodwork and an ultrasound to make sure things are progressing the way they should. Then our clinical team will decide what to do from there. Meanwhile, we are both doing well. We’re both still working, feeling good, staying positive and hopeful. We hope you are all healthy and happy. I’ll try to update more often since things are much more dynamic now. We love you guys!
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