Bianca & JR

Bianca & JR's Story:

In 2018 I met my best friend and soon to be husband, JR.

We knew from the start that we wanted to be young parents, and talked about having a family… one day. Over the next few years, we worked on growing individually and together. We wanted to have a solid foundation.

We worked hard, moved in together, got a puppy, broke up, got back together, saved up, and bought a house. The next month, we were engaged.

We got married in 2021 on a small island in the PNW. Thirteen of our closest people watched us share vows and celebrated us.

Two months later I was pregnant.
We laughed and said, “Wow, that was easy!”
We were so excited and shared right away with our people, who didn’t even know we were trying.

The excitement was short lived, and at 10 weeks I had bleeding and came to find out baby was long gone. After an extremely traumatic D&C, where they feared I would hemorrhage. We were back at home and safe again.

Now just waiting for answers. We got them 3 weeks later- Trisomy 10 and deletion of chromosome 15. I had no idea at the time what any of this meant. I was just told that the genetic carrier of the mutation was maternal. AKA me.

We were devastated and didn’t understand why this had happened to us. Weeks went past, and we were told that it would be a good idea to test me to see if I have a genetic mutation (where all my eggs would also be affected) or if this was a fluke occurrence. We tested, and it was normal. This was a fluke occurrence, or a “bad draw of cards” as my doctor called it.

We were told to grieve together and try again; odds are, it wouldn’t be long.
Fast forward to Summer 2024.
Nothing.
Not a single positive pregnancy test. Month after month after month.
We were struggling. The ovulation tests and the timed intercourse were becoming our entire life.

That summer, we decided that testing needed to start. We did a sperm analysis, HSG, ultrasound, bloodwork. Everything came back great.

We were advised to try letrozole to give ourselves a better chance with multiple eggs. It didn’t work.

By October 2024, we were sitting down with our local fertility clinic. We decided to try IUIs first, since we were younger and had great sperm numbers.

We did two back-to-back IUIs in October and November 2024.
Both of them were completely unsuccessful.

At this point, we were thousands of dollars in. And we knew we couldn’t afford the 40K price tag that our local clinic charged for IVF. The clinic also wasn’t super thrilled with my AMH. It was lower for my age, and they were concerned that the number was dwindling before I could get my babies.

I found CNY Fertility while scrolling online one day. Just being completely honest, it was on TikTok. I saw a video of a woman who talked about a low-cost clinic for IVF, which resulted in her daughter. 

I sat with the idea for a few weeks. Calling to make a consultation appointment felt like a big, scary leap.

I called and had to wait a month or so to get an appointment. We talked for
an hour and planned out what my IVF experience would look like as a travel patient.
Fast forward to March 2025. I traveled by myself to Colorado, where I stayed for all 17 days of baselines and stims.

It was incredibly hard to do on my own, but I was determined to see it through.
On April 7th, I had 21 eggs retrieved. I traveled home the same day. And got the updates over the next week.

21 retrieved
17 mature
16 fertilized
10 final embryos

We decided to cap off at 8 embryos and send those for PGT testing.
(Cooper offered a set price for up to 8)

Of the 8 we sent, 7 were euploid, and 1 was low-grade mosaic.
I was so thrilled. It finally felt like I was moving ever closer to becoming a mom.

On June 4th of 2025, we were back in Colorado for our first frozen embryo transfer… with a fully medicated cycle. We transferred one day 5 6BA embryo. It was a magical day, full of anticipation and hope for what could be. We ate the McDonald’s fries, the pineapple, and did all the things for a sticky baby.

A few days later, at home, I took a test and… it was positive. I couldn’t believe it. I waited for beta day. But again, that excitement was short-lived.
It came back at 7.8.
We knew what this number meant and prepared for loss again. A few days later, my second beta was almost 0.

A month later, I had a follow-up call with a provider. We talked about my chemical pregnancy and the steps that needed to be taken before another transfer.

I hadn’t had a saline ultrasound or a biopsy to check for endometritis.
We got those done at home over the next few weeks, and both came back clear/negative.

With this news, we started saving up for another transfer and enjoyed the summer. Hoping it would be the last one of just the two of us.

On September 29, 2025, we were back at CNY Colorado Springs doing another frozen embryo transfer. This time, a modified natural cycle with one beautiful 4AA day 5 embryo. This transfer was completely different from my first. Something in the air was different.

We went home, and again waited. 5 days later I took a pregnancy test….. and it was positive.
And on day 6, it was darker.

I had taken a trigger shot for this transfer. So I was convinced on day 5 that it was trigger and not a baby. I played it cool this time. With my history, I had only known non-happy endings. And I refused to put my heart into it…
Yet, 10 days past transfer I had my first beta: 497.7
I couldn’t believe it.

I had never seen a first beta that high. I cried for what felt like hours and called my husband. He thought it was a bad news call based on the fact that I couldn’t breathe or speak properly.
Then we were waiting again, for beta #2.
On the 13th it came back at: 1643.7

It was more than we needed to know if this pregnancy was progressing.
We had two more betas, including a first ultrasound to check for placement of the gestational sac. And then on October 27th, we saw a fetal pole and a baby for the first time.

Since then baby has been growing steadily. Their heartbeat sits in the 150s most days.
They are healthy and getting bigger and bigger every day.

We are due June 18, 2026, and we can’t wait to meet them.

Favorite Team Member at CNY:

Nurse Katie at Colorado Springs was amazing! She became one of my friends in the weeks where I was there alone for stims. She laughed with me, she talked to me, she supported me, she gave me advice, and was just there for me when I was struggling. I saw her almost everyday I went to clinic! Including when I went for transfers. She went above and beyond.

The Moment:

The moment I found out I was pregnant, wasn’t the magical moment that most people experience. I was standing in my bathroom holding a pregnancy test with a lot of fear and “what ifs.”

I had known a lot of loss and disappointment leading up to this pregnancy. Which made it hard to feel the “Normal” things that most people get while pregnant.

However I had a moment when I received my first beta results where I felt truly grateful. That was the first time in a long time that I felt remembered by God. My faith has been rocked a lot through my years of infertility. I watched in the background while many people I knew moved forward. And I stood stagnant, waiting for my turn. At one point I felt really forgotten. But when I got my beta results it was so strong, and felt like it was my turn. I wasn’t forgotten this time.

Hope, Inspiration and Advice:

TTC looks different for everyone. My advice would be to not compare your journey. To stand strong with your partner. To follow your intuition and your heart. To advocate for yourself. It can be a long journey that’s really tough, but so are you. We are much stronger than we think.