A few weeks ago I asked our small group leader if she could set us up with anyone at church who had been through IVF/infertility. She responded a few days later and said she had someone - and I was amazed as we already knew this couple! (Some background - we go to a church with around 2000 members, and we are not very involved/outgoing people so the pool of people we know there is pretty minute. We happened to meet this couple at a 'Newcomers Meal' last year. They were the only couple we really connected with there, and we talked to them all evening. I remember I was very nervous - I can be very anxious socially - and was so relieved we found a couple with so much in common to talk to. Little did we know how much we have in common!)
So today we were introduced after morning service. And guess what...? She is a balanced translocation carrier (different chromosomes) and they've had IVF PGD two times (yup, that's right, two cycles) and now they have THREE children. Not only did it work both times for them (pretty impressive at 1/5 odds a cycle) but second time they had twins.
She said that prior to being diagnosed as a carrier, she had had five miscarriages. She said: "Have the doctors encouraged you to try naturally?" (Yes.) "Well, don't. IVF was a walk in the park in comparison to the miscarriages."
I felt like that was divine reassurance that we are doing the right thing! It addressed my specific concerns. God is good.
And the icing on the cake... She also has PCOS, like me.
What are the odds? BT carrier, with PCOS, having had PGD successfully - at our church? And we know them?
God is good.
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