Family Stories
Emily and Mike
We live in Chicago and have always wanted a family. But in 2017, Mike was diagnosed with Mantle Cell Lymphoma, a form of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Mike began an immunotherapy and chemotheraopy regimen which meant we would have to stop trying to conceive naturally. In 2018, we began working with Dr. Jennifer Hirshfeld-Cytron at the Fertility Centers of Illinois (FCI). We have undergone an IUI cycle, four embryo transfers through an IVF clinical study, and had two miscarriages. It is now recommended that we do another fresh IVF cycle outside the bounds of a clinical trial so we can screen our embryos moving forward.
We live in Chicago and have always wanted a family. But in 2017, Mike was diagnosed with Mantle Cell Lymphoma, a form of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Mike began an immunotherapy and chemotheraopy regimen which meant we would have to stop trying to conceive naturally. In 2018, we began working with Dr. Jennifer Hirshfeld-Cytron at the Fertility Centers of Illinois (FCI). We have undergone an IUI cycle, four embryo transfers through an IVF clinical study, and had two miscarriages. It is now recommended that we do another fresh IVF cycle outside the bounds of a clinical trial so we can screen our embryos moving forward.We are so grateful to receive this support, as it allows us to move forward with another IVF cycle and our hopes of becoming parents.
Emily and Mike are recipients of a donated IVF cycle through Fertility Centers of Illinois.