Becoming parents has always been the top priority in our lives. We knew even before we were married that we wanted children, and never thought getting pregnant would be any sort of a challenge. Neither of our families had ever experienced infertility, so naturally we assumed we'd have no problems.  However, after three long, unsuccessful years attempting to conceive on our own, we turned to The Center for Reproductive Health for help. We couldn't continue without answers, without knowing whether something was wrong.

Ironically, just before our first appointment with Dr. Vasquez, my husband and I learned that we were expecting. The joy we felt that day was unlike any we had ever experienced. I remember looking at the pregnancy test over and over again, just to make sure I was reading it correctly. I was absolutely elated. Immediately after learning the great news, I drove to my husband's office to surprise him. For the next week, we floated on clouds, telling everyone and anyone that we were going to be parents! We were so thankful, so thrilled.

Unfortunately, it did not take long for the greatest high in our life to become the greatest low.  Just a week later, late in the morning on Valentine's Day and two days after our original appointment with Dr. Vasquez had been scheduled, I began cramping. By early that evening, things had gotten progressively worse. Without hesitation, we went straight to the emergency room where they began blood work to check my pregnancy hormone levels. We didn't really need the results; we knew in our hearts what was happening. I will never forget my husband climbing into the hospital bed with me, wrapping me in his arms and doing his best to help keep me from falling apart. We began to sob as the doctor came into the room with the verdict. The look on her face said it all: we had lost our baby. I started crying uncontrollably, asking God over and over again, "Why us?" My sweet husband literally had to hold me up as we walked out of the hospital that night.

The next morning we went to our OB and found out that not only had we lost one baby, we had lost two. I had been carrying twins. We were devastated at the loss of our babies. Days before, we had felt like it was finally happening for us, that our dreams were finally coming true, that we were finally being blessed with children. Now, we had hit our breaking point. We were truly at rock bottom. After a few weeks of "healing," we sat down and discussed our options. I told my husband that I couldn't go through the pain of another miscarriage. We decided to get help.

Again, we turned to the Center for Reproductive Health.  We had heard about other patients of Dr. Vasquez, all of whom had nothing but wonderful things to say about him and the Center. From the moment we walked through those doors, we felt right at home. Dr. Vasquez was extremely thorough and made clear that he would find the cause of our fertility problems before choosing a treatment. After many tests, we found out that my husband's sperm had poor mobility and motility and that my body failed to produce the proper amount of progesterone. Dr. Vasquez recommended IVF. After much discussion and many nights of prayer, we decided to go for it. We asked the Lord to carry out his will through Dr. Vasquez's hands. We prayed for the blessing of a child, for health, and for strength to get through this trying time.

I will never forget December 27, 2007, the day we received the greatest Christmas present anyone could ever ask for. We went to the office early that morning for a blood test and headed home to await the results. After many weeks of shots and the embryo transfer a few weeks earlier, we were finally going to find out if the treatment had worked. Later that afternoon, we received the call which we'd been waiting on all our lives. The IVF was a success: I was pregnant! I literally felt more emotions in those few seconds than I could ever feel in an entire year.

On July 15, 2008, our lives changed forever when we delivered our daughter Hayden into this world. Our prayers had been answered, our dreams had come true. Hayden is our beautiful little miracle. We believe with every ounce of our beings that God was there through every bit of our journey, that He worked with Dr. Vasquez through every aspect of our ordeal. We feel truly blessed to have found Dr. Vasquez and look forward to returning to the Center for Reproductive Health in a few years to give Hayden some siblings.

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