Journey to Baby Finter

Organised by Erin Finter · January 22, 2024

Hi!

We're Tim and Erin Finter, we have been married since November of 2015 and have 2 fur babies that we love spending time with but we are ready to add a little love to our family.

We have been trying to conceive naturally for about 7 years and have undergone countless tests and tried everything imaginable to start our family naturally which unfortunately only resulted in chemical pregnancies and heartbreak. Finally, in September of 2023, we began our infertility journey with Dr. Osman at RMANJ. We were diagnosed with both female and male factor infertility and told what we'd suspected all along, we likely would never get pregnant naturally.  Some of this stems from Erin's medical diagnoses, as someone who is classified as chronically ill, she was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) when she was 16, and more recently diagnosed with Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos, in 2013, Fibromyalgia (as a result of the covid vaccines) in 2022 and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS, as a result of COVID-19) in 2023. By the grace of God, she is as healthy as someone with chronic illnesses can be and has been medically cleared to pursue our dreams of starting our family.

We have successfully completed many of the hurdles in the journey, semen preservation, a failed saline sonogram, and most recently a Diagnostic Hysteroscopy where they removed polyps, and adhesions from Erin's uterus to ensure that it was ready for an embryo when the time comes.  The next steps are a medicated cycle and egg retrieval which we hope to begin in the coming month or so which will lead to cryopreserving the surviving embryos until transfer.

Thank you for taking the time to read our story!

Updates

April 9, 2024

Cycle Update

We started the first two medications this evening for the first cycle! We are so excited to be able to begin while continuing to fundraise! Thank you to all of you who made this possible!

March 6, 2024

1st Goal Reached!

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! We have hit our very first goal and are now able to begin our very first cycle. We have spoken with our care team at the fertility clinic and the plan is that we will begin in early April, what a birthday gift for Erin! We are so thankful to each of our amazing friends who donated to help make our dreams a reality!

February 24, 2024

1/2 way to our 1st goal!

Just wanted to take a moment to share our overwhelming thanks to all who have donated! Your donations mean more to us then words can describe!

January 26, 2024

Next Steps

Hi Everyone, We spoke with our amazing doctor this afternoon and Erin is officially cleared for a medicated cycle just a soon as we are able to secure a spot at the office to cryopreserve our embryos.... We need $925 more in order to do that! Thank you to everyone who has donated up to this point to help us make this dream a reality! Blessings to all- Tim and Erin