Heather & Chris

Heather & Chris's Story:

Chris and I met in 2012 and married in 2016. We were fine with waiting to start our family; we were still in our twenties when we got married, and neither of us ever had a strong urge to have children.

Ironically, we had actually both agreed that we would not go "as far" as IVF to have children. We became pregnant naturally in the summer of 2021, only to begin miscarrying three days after we found out.

After going through an intense mourning period, we both knew that we wanted to become parents. In 2023, we began going to our local fertility center and did what felt like every kind of testing under the sun.

We did two unsuccessful rounds of IUI before we decided to move on to IVF. We could not afford to do IVF locally, nor could we do it physically due to our local clinic's BMI limit.

After discovering CNY, our path forward became so much clearer. We had our initial consult in November of 2023 and had our egg retrieval two days before Christmas 2023.

We transferred our finest embryo 5 days later and gave birth to our beautiful baby boy, Benjamin, on September 9, 2024. He is our biggest blessing and our greatest joy, all thanks to CNY!

Photo by Paige Larue

Favorite Team Member at CNY:

Dr. Banerjee and nurse Gwen, who did our egg retrieval, and Dr. Corley, who did our transfer.

The Moment:

The moment we found out we were pregnant, we were incredibly anxious! After only knowing loss we were admittedly afraid to be excited. It feels like we held our breath all the way until we reached viability. Once Benjamin was born, we were in disbelief that he was actually here, and actually ours!

Hope, Inspiration and Advice:

There will be times when you feel like giving up, but don't! It can be overwhelming and stressful, but it will be worth it!