Lets help my sisters complete their family!

$1,093 donated
Given by 10 generous donors in one year

Let's make a baby!!!!!

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Hey guys, can you please help me!

I am setting up this give a little page to help my sister and her wife of 7 years to make their dreams come true by having a baby of their own. For this to happen, they need to raise at least $25,000 for one IVF treatment. They have been saving however, my sister being 36 years old, time is not on their side. So I am asking for anyone who can, to please donate even a few dollars to help make this possible.

Here's a bit of a back story to help understand their situation.

After Jackie and Shannen got married in 2013 they tried to conceive a baby with 3 different donors over the duration of 4 years with no success. During that time they spoke with fertility associates who informed them they were not eligible for government funding because they were not having a physical relationship with a Male for a minimum of 2 years nor had they done the minimum 5 rounds if IUI through the clinic as they weren't financially able at the time, So they didnt have any other option other than trying again at home with a new donor, again with no success.

They then decided to become foster parents and also created an adoption profile hoping that this might fill the void in their lives. Not long after they signed up, they fostered their first child who they still have and has complex disabilities. Their desire to become biological parents didn't fade so Shannen tried again at home with a fifth donor unsuccessfully.

Then one day, they recieved a phone call that they never ever thought would get. They were asked if they wanted to provide a home for life to an 8month old baby. The baby's biological parents had chosen their profile from the adoption pool. They were over the moon to finally have their baby.

On arrival the baby was ill which appeared to be minor but just 2 days after arrival Jackie and the baby were air lifted to starship for life saving surgery followed by 1 week in intensive care and another week in hospital before they were able to finally go home. When Jackie and the baby finally came home and the bonding process was well underway and their family was forming they were notified by social workers that the biological parents had changed their minds and had started proceedings to get the baby back. 17 months later, just after babys 2nd birthday they had to commence transition for their baby to return to a biological parent. It was the most soul destroying experience of their lives, handing back their baby that they loved and had longed for, for so long it.

It tore our entire family apart.

They couldn't face going through all that pain and heart ache again, yet they still longed for a baby of their own and I would really like to help make that happen for them.

So thank you for taking the time to read this, and sparing a few dollars to help them create a little human of their own which I know will be beyond loved and cherished not just by them but by everyone in our family.

Kelly Lunam's involvement (page creator)

Jackie and Shannen are my sister and sister inlaw

Use of funds

All funds recieved will be used for fertility treatment

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Mania K. Shaw
Mania K. Shaw on 09 Sep 2020
$5
sharn
sharn on 09 Sep 2020
$4
Private Donor
Private Donor on 09 Sep 2020
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Guest Donor on 09 Sep 2020
$29
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Guest Donor on 09 Sep 2020
$20

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Created by Kelly Lunam
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This page was created on 5 Jul 2020 and closed on 5 Jul 2021.