We know we may not look like the traditional candidates for a fertility grant. We already have an IVF success story in our son, Indy, and we are profoundly grateful for him. We also know how fortunate we have been to self-fund two retrievals, three embryo transfers, PGT-A testing, medications, surgeries, and the many other expenses that come with IVF. But after years of treatment, loss, procedures, and trying again, we have reached a point where the financial burden may be what stops us—not because we are ready to stop trying, but because we simply cannot continue absorbing these costs on our own. We desperately want the opportunity to give our son a sibling, but this is also about something even harder to put into words: we want to know that we left no stone unturned in trying to have another child. We are incredibly grateful for the family we have, but we still feel deeply that our family is not yet complete. Those two things can exist at the same time. We know there are many deserving families applying for this grant. We do not take that lightly. We are simply asking for the chance to try one more time. Even assistance with just the retrieval portion of another IVF cycle would change what is possible for our family and give us an opportunity we are no longer sure we can afford on our own. How we'll use the funds: We would use the grant toward the cost of a third IVF retrieval cycle. Even if the grant were only able to cover the retrieval fee itself, it would quite literally change our world and make another cycle possible for us. We are prepared to cover the cost of medications, PGT-A testing, and any future embryo transfer ourselves. The greatest financial barrier for us right now is the cost of beginning another retrieval cycle. Assistance with that portion of treatment would give us the opportunity to try again and hopefully create another healthy embryo.