Gift of Parenthood
Please help us grow our family through IVF

Please help us grow our family through IVF

Organized by Heather Shugats.

$2,170

of $10,000

26

donors

$7,830

to go

Their story

My name is Heather and my husband and I are humbly asking for any donation towards our fundraiser for IVF treatment to grow our family. In 2014 we began our long road to parenthood; and after several unsuccessful years, surgeries, and an endometriosis diagnosis later, we started our journey with IVF. In 2018 we went through our first round of IVF and were lucky to make three embryos. Sadly, my first embryo transfer resulted in a miscarriage. My second embryo transfer was a success, but tragically we lost our babies at 16 weeks. We were now parents to conjoined twin girls in heaven. With our last and final embryo, we finally had our dreams come true. We welcomed our beautiful daughter, Olivia, in August of 2019. She is absolutely perfect and the best combination of both myself and my husband. For nearly four years I had made peace with the fact that we would be a family of five; party of three. I was more than grateful for our miracle daughter and my babies in heaven. But sometimes life has other plans.. and so does my three year old, who is now asking for a sibling. So from the bottom of our hearts, please share our story, pray for the growth of our family, or donate if it is within your means! Anything is absolutely appreciated and helps so much alleviate the financial burden of trying to grow our family!

26 believers

Newest first
  • Julie VirayTop donor$500
  • Mike Hoffman$100
  • Ashley B$50
  • Anonymous Shugats$145
  • Rosemary DeValkeneer$100
  • Marissa Denham$100
  • Sadye Litsko$50
  • Anonymous$100
  • Anonymous$50
  • Anonymous$50
  • Valeree Cafaro$20
  • Anonymous$40
  • Weatherly Young$50
  • Jen Gregg$50
  • Evan Shugats$100
  • Nicole Travolta$100
  • Mary Lou Simeone$25
  • Leah Lisowski$50
  • Katelyn Thomas$50
  • Erin Youngberg$20
  • Amber Bonaroti$20
  • Jessica Shugats$100
  • Michael Smith$50
  • Nicholas Iorio$50
  • Joy Bruno$100
  • Casey Pirillo$100

Updates

June 29

THANK YOU!!

I just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who has so generously donated to our fundraiser for growing our family. The financial burden of going through IVF is huge, and you all have helped to ease the stress of raising money!. Our first appointment with the fertility clinic is August 17, so please continue to say prayers, and share our fundraiser page if possible! We appreciate you and love you all so much! 🖤Heather