Where do we begin to tell our story... First of all, I started with Dr. Vermesh in my early thirties, after doctors in my area were not able to see a reason why I experience daily bleeding for a year!
Dr. Vermesh found the problem immediately-I had a bleeding polyp that was needing immediate removal. After that we followed with a procedure that helped to unblock my fallopian tubes, which I didn't even realize were blocked!
At that period of my life, I wasn't exactly looking to start a family, but it was very good to know that my possible infertility issues were addressed and corrected!
Seven years passed and I found myself now being thirty-nine years old, childless, and going trough divorce.
At this point, I was ready to, at least freeze my eggs, knowing my facts what happens to "maturing" women's fertility.
The eggs were frozen, and three years later, my now fiancé and I came back to Dr. Vermesh to try our very first IVF cycle. We were recommended to add a fresh cycle to the existing one.
Dr. Vermesh explained in detail, using statistics and his extensive knowledge on the subject all the pros and cons of what to expect. Our chances of conceiving sounded pretty slim, considering I started at thirty-nine, and my fiancé was at this point 50yrs old. We took a risk and went with it anyways.
We remained hopeful, but realistic that anything could happen, and that all the science, medicine, expertise, genetics, age, fertility-is just a drop in the ocean of this process, but ultimately, it is our Creator, who ultimately will decide our future destiny!
It failed...
But we didn't give up.
We told ourselves; One last try.
Truthfully, I no longer believed it would ever happen-too many odds worked against us. But my fiancé wasn't ready to give up!
We Came back when I was forty-three, with the hope the size of a sesame seed.
This time around Dr. Vermesh hand-tailored his approach to suit our very "special" case.
He upped our dose of meds. He allowed extra days for my eggs to mature, (in my individual case), and he decided to use intralipid drip to ensure the implanted embryo stays...
Now its time for me to get teary-eyed, and I can't tell you what obstacles we overcame with our pregnancy-last nine months have been the hardest, most challenging, hi/risk pregnancy, not to mention pain, pressure, and constant, daily fear of loosing the child!
Ten days ago, we welcomed a beautiful, tender, sweet, very long-awaited baby girl Karina. Our little miracle!
As I am writing this very long review, she is sleeping peacefully on my lap, and I am overwhelmed with happiness and love, feeling her little heart beat next to mine!!!
In this review we would like to acknowledge Dr. Vermesh's undeniable dedication to our case, the sacrifices he made for us, coming in on his days off, Sundays, as early in a morning, as we needed to, making us feel as we were the only ones who mattered, taking every possible precaution to ensure this child made it into this world!
We would also acknowledge Dr. Jovanovich, who stepped in when D. Vermesh was out of the office, and also dedicated staff-all the ladies who work form Dr. Vermesh were professional and accommodating-giving us last minute emergency appointments, putting our minds at ease when crucial dramatic events with our pregnancy were going terribly wrong!
PS: My fiancée told me I was writing too long, but as a woman I wanted to explain our story and the complexity of our process.
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