Kim & Rob’s Surrogracy Journey

<p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;line-height: 1.2;color: #000000;font-size: 18px"><span class="s14" style="text-indent: -18px;line-height: 19.200001px;font-size: 16px;font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px;font-size: 1.5em">Hi everyone! Our story has been filled with blessings but unfortunately a lot of heartache. I had leukemia in 2017 and had to have full body radiation which led to menopause. </span></span><span class="s14" style="text-indent: -18px;line-height: 19.200001px;font-size: 16px;font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px;font-size: 1.5em">Luckily,</span></span><span class="s14" style="text-indent: -18px;line-height: 19.200001px;font-size: 16px;font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px;font-size: 1.5em"> I was able to do IVF and have 7 embryos. Because of my stem cell transplant I have graft versus host disease of my skin and eyes. GVHD is a common complication after a transplant using donor </span></span><span class="s14" style="text-indent: -18px;line-height: 19.200001px;font-size: 16px;font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px;font-size: 1.5em">cells. I</span></span><span class="s14" style="text-indent: -18px;line-height: 19.200001px;font-size: 16px;font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px;font-size: 1.5em"> am on medication </span></span><span class="s14" style="text-indent: -18px;line-height: 19.200001px;font-size: 16px;font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px;font-size: 1.5em">that I can’t get pregnant on, and doctors have told me I will not be healthy enough to carry a baby</span></span><span class="s14" style="text-indent: -18px;line-height: 19.200001px;font-size: 16px;font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px;font-size: 1.5em">. I am a </span></span><span class="s14" style="text-indent: -18px;line-height: 19.200001px;font-size: 16px;font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px;font-size: 1.5em">fighter,</span></span><span class="s14" style="text-indent: -18px;line-height: 19.200001px;font-size: 16px;font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px;font-size: 1.5em"> but our fight is not </span></span><span class="s14" style="text-indent: -18px;line-height: 19.200001px;font-size: 16px;font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px;font-size: 1.5em">over. Surrogacy</span></span><span class="s14" style="text-indent: -18px;line-height: 19.200001px;font-size: 16px;font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px;font-size: 1.5em"> is an expensive one and we need help to pay our surrogates medical and legal </span></span><span class="s14" style="text-indent: -18px;line-height: 19.200001px;font-size: 16px;font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px;font-size: 1.5em">fees</span></span><span class="s14" style="text-indent: -18px;line-height: 19.200001px;font-size: 16px;font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px;font-size: 1.5em"> as insurance does not cover anything related to surrogacy</span></span><span class="s14" style="text-indent: -18px;line-height: 19.200001px;font-size: 16px;font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px;font-size: 1.5em">. I</span></span><span class="s14" style="text-indent: -18px;line-height: 19.200001px;font-size: 16px;font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px;font-size: 1.5em"> humbly ask for your help to make our parenthood dreams come true and give us hope that we will hold a baby in our arms. We appreciate all your donations.</span></span><span class="s14" style="text-indent: -18px;line-height: 19.200001px;font-size: 16px;font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px;font-size: 1.5em"> Thank you!</span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;line-height: 21.6px;color: #000000;font-size: 18px"><span style="line-height: 21.6px"> </span></p>