CT, Netherlands

My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant for more than 8 years. But due to aggressive endometriosis, we didn’t succeed at all. We visited hospitals and clinics in the Netherlands and Belgium, had several surgeries and five IVF-attempts, but nothing worked. Those were sad years, filled with pain , grief and disappointment. At a certain moment in time, we decided to stop all treatments and except the fact that we would never be able to have kids of our own.

We decided to go for adoption of a special needs –child from China. In our home country (the Netherlands), adoption is tied to very strict rules and regulations. As a result of this, it would take us more than six years before we would be able to welcome our child. So, adoption was no option either, since we would be about 46 years old by the time our child would arrive. So we started to look for other options on the internet ( egg donation), and decided to contact CFA in Connecticut. We had several phone calls with several people, and all of them very understanding, very friendly and very patient in answering all our questions. When we flew over for the first time from the Netherlands, the staff did everything to make us feel at ease and to make it possible for us to have all our appointments and investigations in one day. This was so very nice.

After choosing our egg donor ( a wonderful young woman who was willing to meet us and support us through the whole process) we flew back for the second time and stayed for almost two weeks, the egg retrieval and the embryo transfer took place. During these two weeks , the staff from CFA gave us all the support we needed. They did everything to make the whole process as comfortable as possible, and we could ask them anything any time. They did everything possible to make things go smoothly and relaxed. And guess what? With all the help of those wonderful people we got pregnant with twins!
We are almost 28 weeks pregnant with a wonderful little boy and wonderful little girl!
CFA’s support didn’t stop here. No, we are still in touch with each other and they are so interested in the whole pregnancy. That is what makes them so great:they don’t stop caring!

CT, Netherlands