Hope by Christine

My husband I share a long journey together that started when I was just fifteen and he was seventeen almost eighteen. We spent many years dating and planning to marry someday and have a somewhat large family. We were blessed with our first born, we conceived the first month we tried. We thought this was so easy. After our son turned a year we decided to try for another baby, we tried for a year and nothing. Then we tried for another year and still no baby. After feeling sad a lot and hopeless I decided to mention it to my OB/GYN that we were having trouble for whatever reason. It was difficult to comprehend because it was so easy the first time. We finally had a fertility work up with my regular doctor and spent a year having uncomfortable procedures and a lot of IUI’S, still no baby. I was then sent to a fertility doctor and resumed some of the same procedures and some new as well. We finally decided to undergo IVF because I had unexplained secondary infertility. I felt angry all the time and sad. I hated the fact that friends would say relax your trying too hard and other hurtful phrases. No one knows what it is like unless you have been through it. We started with all the shots and the extreme worry of having multiples and something wrong with them as well drove me crazy.

Through all of this there was our hope that got us through it. Finally after over four years of infertility and many shots we were blessed with the news of a second baby, finally! We were thrilled to say the least. We told both sides of our families and many friends. All who were so excited for us, then at seven and a half weeks we learned that I would be having a miscarriage. I was devasted. I left it up to my husband to break the bad news to everyone. I was then at my lowest point of sadness. We then did not give up hope we had many frozen embryos to try again. We waited three months and did a FET cycle transferring three back, we were blessed again and this time it worked! We have a beautiful second son and he is now turning seven in march. We somehow, during his first year, conceived another son, which to us felt like a third miracle and he was born eighteen months later. He is not yet five. We have always wanted more but we felt we had enough going on at the time.

We started thinking about the fourth a year ago and nothing happened again after trying. My OB/GYN said “if it does not happen, you always can fall back on your other frozen embryos.” We decided to take that route because I was approaching 37 years of age and felt it was time. We contacted CNY Fertility Center, a new place for us, and made arrangements to have another FET cycle, from my embryos that were fertilized seven years ago. We were all set until we got a call and were told, we no longer had embryos left. Some how they were discarded without our consent I was devasted again in a different way and wondered how this could happen to us. We went through years of treatment and to have that opportunity taken away from us was heart breaking. We were not giving up this easy, if it took more shots we wanted it no matter what. We went straight to IVF and were very pleased with having a great egg retrieval at a much older age than before. We were delighted to hear that a pregancy was achieved but the HCG levels were at a very low number to begin with, which had us very scared. We ended up with an ectopic pregnancy that was very hard to take. Again our hearts were broken but we still had a few more embryos to use for another try. We just were not giving up!
I have looked at my journey and feel there were a lot of sad times but it was hope that brought me the brightest of my days and closer to my love as well. We became a stronger couple. We are looking to start another try in the next cycle and will keep our hopes up high. I hope my story has brought hope to others that have not yet achieved any pregnancy at all or for those going through secondary infertility. Just try and try until you can’t try anymore, keep the hope going like I do! You just never know what can happen.
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Christine

Our Journey

We have been trying to figure out the words to express our gratitude we have for Dr. Kiltz and his whole staff up at CNY Fertility. I have never met such friendly caring staff, they made me feel very positive about everything and were truly some of the nicest people I have come across. I was referred to Dr.Kiltz from my OB/GYN after laparoscopic surgery determined I had stage 4 endometriosis. In November of 2008, I started with injections of Lupron and Gonal F for IVF. The first round did not work out, my levels were too high so we had to wait a month and then try again, this time it worked. Nine eggs were retrieved and only one worked, so on February 14, 2009 the ONE was transfered and on February 25th I had my confirmed pregnancy. On October 30th I had my beautiful 7 lb 8 oz baby girl. I could never fully express the thanks I have for everyone at CNY. But thank you Dr. Rob and everyone for all your help and support!
~Colleen and Daniel

Our Baby Boy

This picture is our Handsome baby boy Wyatt. He is 5 months old in this picture. Born on July 5, 2009. We owe it all to Dr. Kiltz and CNY Fertility Center. Words can’t describe how happy you have made us. We can’t thank you enough for bringing this bundle of joy into our lives.
Thanks,
Kana & Brent

A Loss, But a Gain

I am so very grateful to be where I am today, and I remind myself of that everyday.

I once was pregnant, back in 2006, and to me it was a very joyful time. I went out buying baby things right away, I had known since I was little I was born to be a mom. Little did I know that around three months I would have lost the joy out of my life. I personally don’t know of the exact amount of time that joy was inside of me, but the last doctors visit put that joy at about the size of a raspberry, that was about three weeks before the dreaded morning.

I will not lie, I did drop into a deep depression, and quit my job and even my relationship suffered. It wasn’t until one day I had been on-line and found a quote that struck me, I can’t remember it word for word anymore but it was something like “How can I love you so much, though I never held you.” or something to that effect. Read more

Thank You for My Little Miracle to Come

I want to thank you for making my dreams come true. I was sent to you by Dr. Brandeis to do my procedure. Through out the whole process I kept very positive about getting pregnant, but when my husband and I met you it made me feel like this was really going to happen for me. I knew I was finally going to be a mother. You made us feel so comfortable and you assured us that we were going to have babies not one but two. I am happy to tell you that I am 22 weeks pregnant with a baby boy. It was going to be twins but one did not develop, but I thank god and I thank you for making my dreams come true.

Sincerely yours,
Brenda  and Enrique Infante

Thank You from Shannon and John

We tried to get pregnant on our own for almost 2 years. After 2 unsuccessful IUI’s and clomid rounds with my OB/GYN, we turned to Dr. Kiltz and the CNY Fertility Center in Dec 2005. Dr. Kiltz wasted no time in trying to find the problem. In Jan 2006 I had a lap and stage 2 endo was removed. That next cycle we started injections and thus became pregnant with twins!

We moved to Syracuse in September of 2004. We met Dr. Kiltz in Dec of 2005. Got pregnant in March 2006 and that same month we found out my husbands job had been eliminated and that we would be moving back to PA. I REALLY believe God led us to Syracuse to find Dr. Kiltz and thus find our family!

Caitlyn and Luke turned 3 this past November and we are very grateful for all Dr. Kiltz and his staff have done for us.

Thank you for giving us our family!
Shannon and John

Our Baby, A Gift Of Life

Thanks to you, our baby decided to make a presence, and give us a gift of life!

As you know, on April 25th 2008 Jayden Thom came into this world at 8:17pm. He was determined to see this world and have a presence on earth. Our little “peanut” “sugarlove” couldn’t have made this entry without you and all of your caring, patient staff at CNY Fertility Center. I always said, that there was a child out there waiting for us, and it was up to the Gods’ (Good Orderly Direction) will, that the child would come through me or to us through adoption. I guess having that kind of open mind, and knowing that, “we” as a family have so much to offer, you made it possible to make our come dream true!!

Take care, and God bless for all that you have done. We plan to come back and perhaps have another success story to share with you and your staff.

Peace, love, and happiness.

~L. Christy

P.S It was nice to finally meet Geronimo… what a connection!

Second Chances

I visited CNY Fertility Center last year in the hopes of becoming pregnant after having a tubal ligation. The decision to have a tubal came after a very unhealthy first marriage, and the subsequent feeling that I would not have more children. But…after I recovered from the emotional aspects of such a relationship, I realized that I wanted more children. I knew it was important to my current partner, and important for me, to be able to have the pregnancy experience that involved love & partnership. However, I still had the limitations of the very physical decision I had made.

We completed one cycle in December 2008 with a few bumps in the road. It did not seem as though my eggs would mature in time for the holiday, but thankfully they did. Then, we got into a car accident on the way to our implantation. Two embryos were implanted, and both took. But, in our 13th week, we lost one of the babies. However, it was that December 24th, 2008 that our now son, Brody Steven was successfully implanted, and it was on August 30, 2009 that he was born.

While I thought there was only one more pregnancy in our future, I am hopeful that the CNY team will be able to make our dream come true one more time!

I am so thankful to be able to have the opportunity to go on this journey with a new child, my partner, and my two older children. I cannot extend enough thanks to the staff, or Dr. Grossman, who met me, and helped me on that snowy, scary Christmas Eve day. Thank you & see you again, soon!

~B. Blaise

Elise’s Story

After nearly 2 years of unsuccessful fertility treatments at another fertility center my husband and I came to CNY Fertility and thanks to Dr. Rob we are now pregnant with our first child (a girl). We are due April 1 and are so happy!! thank you so much Dr. Rob!!!

~Elise

Our Little Ball of Positive Energy

Dr. Rob,
On February 13th, you held our hands and asked us to think positive thoughts as you retrieved the little follicle that would become the greatest gift we’ve ever been given. I must admit, after many unsuccessful attempts, I was skeptical. Karen & I knew all too well the disappointment of attempts that “didn’t take” and were hardly consoled as we watched those around us succeed, when we only failed. We had resigned ourselves to one last attempt before we gave up and bought a timeshare on St. Maarten. I’m not kidding.

Everything changed for us on that February day. We “drank the kool-aid” and stayed positive all weekend. After the subsequent embryo transfer, I confined her to bed and waited on her hand and foot, trying to keep her relaxed while we kept positive thoughts. Through the weeks of bed rest that followed, we experienced moments of total kindness. Friends and strangers alike prayed for us, offered us their energy, one woman even offered to carry a child for us! An incredible, if not unbelievably awkward, gesture. I read your emails aloud to Karen and we regularly drove to acupuncture. I TRULY BELIEVE that made the difference. Karen was so relaxed, I thought she’d been drugged. I’d never seen her so stress free. When I realized the acupuncture had worked it’s charms, I knew this was our chance. I could feel it.

On October 23rd, Mason Robert arrived. Two and a half weeks early and years in the making. I cannot thank you or your staff enough. You have honestly changed our lives forever.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Jeff & Karen