My husband, Kyle, and I met in 2006 in college. We dated and became engaged in 2009. We had our dream wedding in front of family, friends and God in 2010. Kyle and I have always wanted to expand our family to include children. We both come from family oriented backgrounds. We enjoy traveling with our families, going on road trips together and spending nights at home together. We have gone through many ups and downs throughout our journey to expand our family. We have not shared many of our fertility struggles on social media until now.
Beginning in March 2013, Kyle and I decided that it was time to expand our family. After a little over of year of trying on our own with no success we sought medical advice. We spent the Summer of 2014 having numerous fertility tests ran which were unable to diagnose the cause of our infertility. We then expanded our search to a larger hospital which began to target the cause. In September 2014, we were referred to a nationally renowned fertility specialist in another larger city. This increased our drive time to our doctor which meant that we had to take more time off work in order to make it to our appointments. We investigated the cause of our infertility. We were also referred to another specialist in that same large city for Kyle's fertility needs. Kyle had an invasive surgery completed in March 2015. This surgery kept Kyle out of work for a month but we were still optimistic of our chances to expand our family.
In the May 2015, we completed our first round of IVF using hormone shots to increase my egg development. This round of IVF was a financial burden but due to Kyle's insurance coverage, which I was on, most of our medications for the first round were covered. After the retrieval, two embryos were transferred. Following the wait period and learning to administer intramuscular injections which were used to increase our success rate, we learned that our first attempt of IVF failed. We were heartbroken but knew that we had to try again. So we once again met with our fertility specialist who had a plan of action. This plan was to increase my hormone intake and to add another more potent hormone which was not covered by insurance. This would increase our success rate. So we began the IVF process again, but due to the costs of ultrasounds, bloodwork and medication we had already ran through our benefits and therefore we had a larger out of pocket cost for our second round of IVF. We also transferred two embryos this time. After the wait period, we finally got the phone call. We heard those words "Sara, you are pregnant!!!" The tears quickly ran down my face. I didn't believe my doctor. I responded with, "Are you sure?" She said "Yes!". We had promised one another we would not tell anyone. But the news was too overwhelming not to share. We quickly called our sets of parents and shared the news. Then came the second blood test a few days later, the phone call that evening was not the same. We were no longer pregnant. As tears once again flowed, my doctor explained that we had been pregnant but it was called a chemical pregnancy. Which meant that the embryo wasn't strong enough to continue to grow. We were devastated and didn't know what to do. We began to take more time to ourselves, to go on more trips and finally decided to sell our first home together. We wanted to expand but wanted to take a break from the medical talk, heartbreak, physical strain of the hormones and injections, mental strain of the medical jargon and the emotional strain of the up and down emotions.
In the summer of 2016, we decided to start investigating Artificial Insemination with a donor. After searching this avenue as well, we found that it wasn't the right way for us to go. We decided that the idea of the actual pregnancy wasn't what was important to us. Having a healthy baby and expanding our family was what was important to us. We continued to hear of friends adopting babies and began to pray about God's plan for us. We sold our home and found our new home. It was much larger and ready for an expanded family. It also had a backyard for our dogs and the perfect location for a swing for our future family. We began to have talks about what was next. Kyle said that he felt led toward adoption. I agreed. We decided to get advice from our friends who had been through it. Then we started investigating agencies that would be the right fit for us.
Through it all we have become stronger together with a lot of prayer and family support. We have decided that we feel led to continue our journey by beginning the adoption process. This too will be a large financial requirement but we believe that God will provide. We are asking family and friends to donate to our cause.
We have decided to create a puzzle which will be on display in our child's nursery. In order to raise money for this adoption, Kyle and I will have a puzzle that when assembled will be one of our adoption photos. Each piece will be available for $30. As people donate $30, their name will be written on the back of a puzzle piece. When the puzzle is completed, we will frame it in a double sided frame for our child to have. As they grow up, they will be able to see how many people donated and prayed for their journey to becoming a Warren. There is no limit on the number of puzzle pieces you may purchase. In donating on this website, you will receive a tax deductible receipt, we will be able to track the amount we have earned toward our goal and the website can directly send a check to our adoption agency.
Please continue to pray for our journey!
Love,
Kyle & Sara Warren
#FindingBabyWarren
