My husband and I struggled with infertility for several years. We were late starting a family, but I never thought infertility would happen to us. After two pregnancy losses and the subsequent inability to conceive, I became extremely depressed and completely lost all hope. The loss of hope is a terrible thing; I had become afraid to even dare to hope. Because I was 39 years old, my doctors gave us slim chances of having a baby of our own.

I began seeing Michele after 5 years of struggling with infertility. My journey thus far had included one ectopic pregnancy, two miscarriages, two surgeries, numerous tests and drugs and more negative pregnancy tests than I would care to count. After watching the calendar every single month for 5 years, I was both physically and emotionally exhausted.