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

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 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

Our family is complete!!

My husband and I married 15 years ago at a very young age, we had 3 children in our first 3 years of marriage, and then I had my tubes tied. 10 years after the birth of our last child, we realized the mistake that we had made. It felt like something was missing,we wanted another child. We looked into having my tubes repaired, but they were too damaged. IVF was our only hope. On our 3rd attempt, it was successful, and I became pregnant with identical twin boys!! On Mother’s Day, our boys were born 13 weeks early. They had a hard fight to survive, but are now both strong healthy boys.

Thank you Dr. Rob and the CNY Fertility staff for completing our family!!

~Sarah

Thank You

Almost one year ago to the day I met you and my life changed forever. For two years my husband and I tried to have a baby and just when it was beginning to look hopeless we were referred to CNY Fertility. On March 19 I gave birth to two beautiful healthy baby boys, Patrick Gregory Luz 6lbs 5oz and Gabriel Bosco Luz 5lbs 14 oz. Thanking you does not even seem enough for what you have given me but it is all I can give. I lived in Albany and when I was pregnant I met people that you helped there and now that we are back in Rochester I continue to meet people here that you help as well. You are a wonderful person and I hope that you always have your unfailing energy and optimism. Thank you for giving me mine.

~Jillian

Kristen’s twins by IVF

I just don’t know how to thank Dr. Kiltz and the CNY Fertility staff for all that they did for us. After trying to conceive for 6 years through injectables and insemination with no luck we turned to IVF at our local hospital in Rochester. After that IVF failed I was told not to try IVF again. We met with Dr. Kiltz about a year later as a last result. He told us to give one more IVF a try. At that point we had donors picked out. We really thought Dr. Kiltz was crazy for telling us to do IVF after Strong Fertility Center telling us to not even bother doing IVF again. After meeting with Dr. Kiltz, my husband and I figured we would give it one last try. A couple months later after starting my 2nd IVF cycle we found out I was pregnant with twins . We are now the proud parents of a boy and girl. I have attached a photo. We owe so much to him and his staff. They have changed our lives in an amazing way. I cannot begin to tell you how much your efforts have brought such joy to our lives. You are all amazing people.
~Kristen

Bundle of joy

Dear Dr. Kiltz,
We came to your office at CNY Fertility Center full of faith and hope. We were blessed, by the grace of Allah, with two beautiful babies, we wanted to share this joyful moment with you and your wonderful staff. I have attached a photo of the twins Ahmad(boy) and Nada Rasheeda (girl) to share with you. We are thankful and grateful for you have been part of adding this bundle of joy to our family.
~Birth date March 27, 2009 time 18:52 and 18:53

God bless you all!
Thank you,
Abu Bakr A.
Hayam Khalil and our beloved daughter Sarah Allam

The emotional roller coaster

At the ripe age of 18 I found out that I would never be able to conceive a child naturally. I never really understood how much of an impact that would have in my life until I finally settled down and wanted to start a family of my own. I never really understood the struggle that I was going to go through.

Here’s my journey:

I went thru, 3 Fresh IVF cycles & 4 Frozen all failed.

I had such high hopes with each and every stage. I was emotionally connected to each follicle, embryo and blastocyst. They were all my babies! I had names for each and every one of the surviving blastocysts. I had dreams of doing things with them; raising them, going to the park, teaching them to walk, hugging them and telling them I loved them. I would hang the picture of the blastocysts on the refrigerator and would talk to them everyday and say “I love you” before heading out the door for work. The devastation I felt upon receiving the negative pregnancy results was always unbearable. I felt that my dreams and hopes of being a Mother was taken away (yet again) with every negative result and my chances of becoming a mother was slipping through my fingers. What had I done wrong? What could I have done different? Why me? Why couldn’t I be one of the lucky few? Then the anger would set it in. Although it was an unfortunate thing to have to receive this devastating news, the only thing that kept me going and gave me some kind of hope was knowing that I had some frosties on ice (term used in IVF for embryo cryopreservation). This emotional roller coaster was going down hill but it would soon climb up again (I would tell myself). I wasn’t ready to get off this ride.

After changing clinics, I met with Dr. Kiltz at CNY Fertility. During my consultation I explained my journey (3 Fresh IVF cycles & 4 Frozen all failed) he asked if he could examine me (right then and there!!!). After my examination, he explained that my fallopian tubes may be full of hydrosolpinx (spelling?) and that could be the reason why the embryo’s weren’t sticking. He wanted to check and make sure: if his theory was correct, he would suggest removing my tubes and going through another fresh cycle with CNY Fertility.

Removing my tubes was the best thing he could have ever done for me. Not only do I no longer suffer from painful menstruation periods, my very next fresh (4th IVF) cycle resulted in a live birth.

~Cooper Daniel was born July 20, 2007

Dream come true

A little over a year and a half ago, My husband and I didn’t think we were going to be able to have children. After many months of waiting and being referred to a clinic in NYC, we decided to visit CNY Fertility Center and Dr. Kiltz. Within 4 months I underwent IVF and soon after found out I was pregnant. Everyone at the fertility center helped to make our dreams come true. On March 30th , I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. Thank you to all who made this a success story. We look forward to coming back next year to try for another bundle of joy.

~Christine