我和丈夫结婚一年后就开始尝试要孩子。 最初，我们认为它会在几个月内受孕。 但一年过去了，我们仍然没有生孩子，我们去了诊所并开始了生育力测试。 结果没有提供任何关于我们无法怀孕的原因的线索。 我们首先决定尝试宫腔内人工授精（IUI）。 经过四个不成功的 IUI 周期后，我们进行了 IVF。 我们完成了两轮试管受精，但均不成功。 在与医生进行了令人沮丧的讨论后，我们决定换诊所。

然后我们在 Lucina 会见了 David Harari 博士。 他进行了更多检查，但结果仍然相同——不明原因的不孕。 我们进行了另一个试管婴儿周期，我们怀孕了！我们非常高兴。 我们简直不敢相信。 不幸的是，两周后我就流产了。 我们很不安。 我们又完成了三个 IVF 周期，但都失败了。 我们不知道下一步该做什么。 我们不知道为什么循环会失败。 然后我们的医生建议我们使用捐赠的卵子。 这是一件很难接受的事情，因为没有任何测试表明我的鸡蛋可能有问题。 此外，我对生育药物的反应一直很好。 那么，“我的鸡蛋到底怎么会成为问题呢？”

当我和我丈夫讨论这个问题时，我的内心涌动着很多情绪。 很难接受我们不会与我们的孩子有遗传联系。 我担心我的孩子们对此有何感受。 我思考了我的宝宝成长过程中可能出现的问题以及他们可能有的问题。

最后，我们决定这一切都不如拥有自己的孩子那么重要。 我的第一个捐赠卵子周期取得了成功，我们最终得到了我们美丽的女儿伊莎贝尔。 我现在怀着第二个孩子。 卢西娜鸡蛋银行非常乐于助人，乐于助人。 我们在他们的网站上找到了一位我们喜欢的卵子捐赠者，但在我们预订她之前就被另一个人抢走了。 我们非常沮丧。 然而，他们能够为我们提供来自我们首选捐赠者的保留地段。 我很惊讶他们为了我们的利益付出了多大的努力。 感谢Lucina Egg Bank，我们组建家庭的梦想终于成为现实！

Mon mari et moi avons commencé à essayer d’avoir un bébé un an après notre mariage. Au départ, nous pensions qu’elle serait enceinte d’ici quelques mois. Mais après un an et que nous n’avons toujours pas eu notre bébé, nous nous sommes rendus dans une clinique et avons commencé les tests de fertilité. Les résultats n’ont fourni aucune indication sur la raison pour laquelle nous ne pouvions pas tomber enceinte. Nous avons d’abord décidé d’essayer l’insémination intra-utérine (IIU). Après quatre cycles d’IIU infructueux, nous avons procédé à la FIV. Nous avons effectué deux cycles de FIV, tous deux infructueux. Nous avons alors décidé de changer de clinique après une discussion frustrante avec le médecin.

Nous avons ensuite rencontré le Dr David Harari à Lucina. Il a effectué d’autres tests, mais les résultats sont toujours les mêmes : une infertilité inexpliquée. Nous avons eu un autre cycle de FIV et nous sommes tombées enceintes ! Nous étions extrêmement heureuses. Nous ne pouvions pas y croire. Malheureusement, j’ai perdu la grossesse deux semaines plus tard. Nous avons été dérangés. Nous avons effectué trois autres cycles de FIV, tous ont échoué. Nous ne savions pas quoi faire ensuite. Nous n’avions aucune idée de la raison pour laquelle les cycles échouaient. Notre médecin nous a alors conseillé d’utiliser des ovules de donneuses. C’était une chose difficile à accepter puisqu’aucun des tests n’indiquait qu’il pouvait y avoir un problème avec mes œufs. De plus, j’avais toujours bien réagi aux médicaments contre la fertilité. Alors, “Comment diable mes œufs pourraient-ils être le problème ?”

Beaucoup d’émotions m’ont traversé pendant que j’en discutais avec mon mari. C’était difficile d’accepter que nous n’aurons pas de liens génétiques avec notre bébé. Je m’inquiétais de ce que mes bébés ressentiraient à ce sujet. J’ai pensé aux problèmes qui pourraient survenir à mesure que mes bébés grandissaient et aux questions qu’ils pourraient avoir.

Finalement, nous avons décidé que tout cela n’était pas aussi important que d’avoir nos propres enfants. Mon premier cycle avec des ovules de donneuse a été un succès et nous nous sommes retrouvés avec notre belle fille, Isabel. Je suis maintenant enceinte du deuxième bébé. Lucina Egg Bank était très arrangeante et serviable. Nous avons trouvé une donneuse d’ovules qui nous plaisait sur leur site, mais une autre personne l’a récupérée avant que nous puissions la réserver. Nous étions très découragés. Cependant, ils ont pu nous fournir un lot réservé de notre donateur privilégié. J’ai été surpris de voir jusqu’où ils sont allés pour notre bénéfice. Grâce à Lucina Egg Bank, nos rêves de fonder une famille sont enfin devenus réalité !

My husband and I started trying for a baby one year after we got married. Initially, we thought we would conceive within a couple of months. But after a year passed and we still haven’t had our baby, we visited a clinic and began the fertility testing. The results didn’t provide any clue as to why we couldn’t get pregnant. We first decided to try intrauterine insemination (IUI). After four unsuccessful IUI cycles, we proceeded to IVF. We completed two rounds of IVF, both unsuccessful. We then decided to change clinics after a frustrating discussion with the doctor.

We then met with Dr. David Harari at Lucina. He conducted more tests, but the results still came back the same – unexplained infertility. We had another IVF cycle, and we became pregnant! We were extremely happy. We could not believe it. Unfortunately, I lost the pregnancy two weeks later. We were disturbed. We completed three more IVF cycles, all failed. We didn’t know what to do next. We had no idea why the cycles were failing. Our doctor then advised that we use donor eggs. It was a difficult thing to accept since none of the tests indicated there could be an issue with my eggs. Besides, I had always responded well to fertility medications. So, “how on earth could my eggs be the problem?”

I had a lot of emotions running through me as I was discussing this with my husband. It was difficult accepting that we won’t be having genetic ties with our baby. I worried about how my babies would feel about this.  I thought about the issues that might occur as my babies grew up and the questions they might have.

Finally, we decided all that was not as important as having our own children. My first cycle with donor eggs was a success, and we ended up with our beautiful daughter, Isabel. I’m now pregnant with the second baby. Lucina Egg Bank was very accommodating and helpful. We found an egg donor we liked on their site, but another person snatched her up before we could reserve her. We were very discouraged.  However, they were able to provide us a reserved lot from our preferred donor.  I was surprised at how far they went for our benefit.

Thanks to Lucina Egg Bank, our dreams of having a family have finally become a reality!

My husband and I started trying for a baby one year after we got married. Initially, we thought we would conceive within a couple of months. But after a year passed and we still haven’t had our baby, we visited a clinic and began the fertility testing. The results didn’t provide any clue as to why we couldn’t get pregnant. We first decided to try intrauterine insemination (IUI). After four unsuccessful IUI cycles, we proceeded to IVF. We completed two rounds of IVF, both unsuccessful. We then decided to change clinics after a frustrating discussion with the doctor.

We then met with Dr. David Harari at Lucina. He conducted more tests, but the results still came back the same – unexplained infertility. We had another IVF cycle, and we became pregnant! We were extremely happy. We could not believe it. Unfortunately, I lost the pregnancy two weeks later. We were disturbed. We completed three more IVF cycles, all failed. We didn’t know what to do next. We had no idea why the cycles were failing. Our doctor then advised that we use donor eggs. It was a difficult thing to accept since none of the tests indicated there could be an issue with my eggs. Besides, I had always responded well to fertility medications. So, “how on earth could my eggs be the problem?”

I had a lot of emotions running through me as I was discussing this with my husband. It was difficult accepting that we won’t be having genetic ties with our baby. I worried about how my babies would feel about this.  I thought about the issues that might occur as my babies grew up and the questions they might have.

Finally, we decided all that was not as important as having our own children. My first cycle with donor eggs was a success, and we ended up with our beautiful daughter, Isabel. I’m now pregnant with the second baby. Lucina Egg Bank was very accommodating and helpful. We found an egg donor we liked on their site, but another person snatched her up before we could reserve her. We were very discouraged.  However, they were able to provide us a reserved lot from our preferred donor.  I was surprised at how far they went for our benefit.

Thanks to Lucina Egg Bank, our dreams of having a family have finally become a reality!

My husband and I started trying for a baby one year after we got married. Initially, we thought we would conceive within a couple of months. But after a year passed and we still haven’t had our baby, we visited a clinic and began the fertility testing. The results didn’t provide any clue as to why we couldn’t get pregnant. We first decided to try intrauterine insemination (IUI). After four unsuccessful IUI cycles, we proceeded to IVF. We completed two rounds of IVF, both unsuccessful. We then decided to change clinics after a frustrating discussion with the doctor.

We then met with Dr. David Harari at Lucina. He conducted more tests, but the results still came back the same – unexplained infertility. We had another IVF cycle, and we became pregnant! We were extremely happy. We could not believe it. Unfortunately, I lost the pregnancy two weeks later. We were disturbed. We completed three more IVF cycles, all failed. We didn’t know what to do next. We had no idea why the cycles were failing. Our doctor then advised that we use donor eggs. It was a difficult thing to accept since none of the tests indicated there could be an issue with my eggs. Besides, I had always responded well to fertility medications. So, “how on earth could my eggs be the problem?”

I had a lot of emotions running through me as I was discussing this with my husband. It was difficult accepting that we won’t be having genetic ties with our baby. I worried about how my babies would feel about this.  I thought about the issues that might occur as my babies grew up and the questions they might have.

Finally, we decided all that was not as important as having our own children. My first cycle with donor eggs was a success, and we ended up with our beautiful daughter, Isabel. I’m now pregnant with the second baby. Lucina Egg Bank was very accommodating and helpful. We found an egg donor we liked on their site, but another person snatched her up before we could reserve her. We were very discouraged.  However, they were able to provide us a reserved lot from our preferred donor.  I was surprised at how far they went for our benefit.

Thanks to Lucina Egg Bank, our dreams of having a family have finally become a reality!

I could recall the exact moment when my hubby and I decided we were going to have a baby. It was in mid-February 2013. We have been married for two years – both had well-paying jobs and were holidaying in Dubai. I just turned 28 and was very sure we had a lot of time to try.

A year passed, and we thought maybe our timing wasn’t right. I was not too bothered. Hey, I was just 29 years of age, and we had a lot of friends within our age group and some even older who were getting pregnant without any issues.

When another year went by and I still didn’t conceive, I started to become a little bit worried. But I was living in denial, as I refused to believe something could be wrong.

After 3 years of unsuccessful tries, it was clear we needed to have things checked out. I arranged an appointment with my doctor, and she also believed it was time we both undergo some fertility testing. I thought that maybe we had little issues that would be easily resolved. Perhaps we only needed a little assistance.

Unfortunately, turns out, we needed more than a little assistance. When the results of the fertility testing came, my husband was diagnosed with a health condition that, although does not totally eliminate the possibility of fathering a genetic baby, the chances were very slim. I can still remember the look on my husband’s face when he got the news. It was indescribable, and it was something only couples who have got similar news would understand.

The physician then told me that my own test results were also worrying. My FSH level had significantly increased, which meant there could be problems with the quantity and quality of my eggs. Still, I refused to accept that there could be any truth to this. After all, I was just 31 years old.

We tried our first IVF cycle in June 2016 with my own eggs and sperm collected from my hubby through testicular biopsy. We got four eggs during that cycle. Anyone who is experienced in the IVF world would know that this wasn’t a great number. But the physicians and staff were surprised when all the eggs became fertilized and we had four “good” embryos.

I said to myself, “this is it! We will surely get pregnant this time.”

When our pregnancy test results came back negative, I was devastated. We both were. I couldn’t believe that all those work and those medications were for nothing. I felt like all hope was lost. We were back to where we started.

But we didn’t let this weigh us down. Instead, we started all over again and changed clinics after our second unsuccessful cycle. We were very excited to work with our new physician, who was well known for helping people with severe fertility problems. He was frank and honest with us, which is exactly what we needed on this journey.

Although we had little chances of success, we were sure he would do his best to assist us. And he did. We did two more cycles, and though I responded better to the new medication protocol, we still didn’t conceive. It was tiring. We then decided to try and get pregnant with my own eggs and a donor’s sperm. But when we still failed to get pregnant after two attempts with donor sperm, our hope was dashed again. It was at this point that I realized we needed to consider other options. It was 2018, I was 33 years old, and I was seriously fed up.

I said to myself, “We wanted a baby. A baby to love, to take care of, and to raise with our values. Genetics did not really matter.”

We agreed with the fact that we won’t be able to have a genetic baby, although this was a hard pill to swallow. I had always dreamed of our baby having my husband’s blue eyes or my beautiful smile. This was never going to occur. It took us a lot of time to accept this, but in the end, this became okay. We talked about adoption a couple of times, which is also a great option for intended parents struggling to have a baby. But, as a woman, I had always wanted to experience pregnancy. I wanted to have the swollen feet, morning sickness, and all those symptoms associated with pregnancy. I wanted to go to ultrasounds and give birth in my husband’s presence.

Our doctor then introduced us to Lucina Egg Bank.

He said I can still experience pregnancy using frozen eggs and sperm. We started applying for the Assured Refund IVF Program in October 2018.

“Frozen donor eggs gave us new hope and a fresh start.”

We did three cycles between December 2018 and October 2019. Still, we didn’t have our own child. The doctor found that my body was not responding to the fertility medications as it was supposed to.

I already knew we could not conceive a baby. I accepted that cold hard truth a long time ago. But I was now bothered that I won’t even be able to carry a pregnancy.

We did our fourth cycle in April 2020. We did not throw in the towel, but holding on to that tiny piece of hope was difficult. We were numb. The IVF process had become so routine that it did not excite or faze us anymore. But on June 11, 2020, we got the news we had been waiting to hear for more than 7 years.

Our bundle of joy was eventually on the way!!!

David Peterson was born on February 19, 2021. He was the most wonderful gift we have ever received, and we are so grateful for the donors who selflessly give out their eggs to help struggling couples realize their dreams of having a family. We forgot all the disappointment, frustration, and pain the moment our cute little baby was born. And we wouldn’t mind doing it all over and over again, as long as it would finally lead us to him. It has never even crossed our minds that he is not our biological baby. He is ours. We are his parents – his mom and dad.