by Stacey | Jan 5, 2024 | Fall 2023 Grant Recipients
Never in a million years would I have expected, nor been prepared to hear the words “You need to try IVF.” Like so many others, I grew up educated on how not to get pregnant. Birth control, condoms, tracking your cycle to avoid your most fertile days… all of this...
by Laura | Jan 5, 2024 | Fall 2023 Grant Recipients
I am a single 37 year old woman who has not yet found the right one and doesn’t want to delay and risk losing my chance to have a child so I decided to have one on my own. I am a public servant with the Federal Government in Ottawa. I work at home full-time...
by Jessica & Meghan | Jul 22, 2023 | Spring 2023 Grant Recipients
My personal fertility journey started over 15 years ago. I always knew I wanted to be a mother, but as some who’d be in a relationship with a woman, I knew starting a family was going to look a little different. After years of being childless not by choice, failing to...
by Dana & Jamal | Jul 12, 2023 | Spring 2023 Grant Recipients
I lost my husband in February 2022 after a 4 1/2 year battle with brain cancer. Our fertility journey began after he was suddenly diagnosed with a brain tumor. After emergency brain surgery and pending radiation treatment, we decided to safeguard our plan of...
by Melissa March (she/her) | Sep 27, 2022 | Infertility
Many patients say that their fertility journeys differ greatly depending on their clinic and fertility specialist; therefore, it is always best to speak to your fertility specialist and ask any questions that come to mind before you choose to begin treatment. This...