Nelson
Family* Twins
As we watch our two babies
grow bigger and stronger with each passing day we
find ourselves so amazed and in awe! It’s
sometimes easy to forget what we went through to
get here, but when we stop and remember, we get
so emotional! What a very long road it has been!!
Our journey has been like a roller coaster. Back
and forth, up and down, starting with who had the
issues. At first it was my husband and with a lot
of work and prayers, Dr. Sweet was able to help
his body produce sperm for the first time! We were
so excited because he had been told since he was
about 14 that he would never have children of his
own. We couldn't wait to make our baby!!
When nothing happened, we found
out I had issues. I had two surgeries, one to open
my damaged fallopian tubes, and when that did not
work, one to remove my left tube and try once more
to make the right one work. Once again we were anxious
and excited to try to have the family we have been
dreaming oft Again it did not work. Making the decision
to go ahead with the IVF was not an easy one. So
many factors to consider, one of the biggest one
being what if we spent all that money and it didn’t
work??? After lots of discussions and prayers, we
finally decided to go for it!
Thank God for Dr.
Sweet and his entire staff because it worked on the
first try!! We will NEVER forget how we felt when
we got that phone call! We had een waiting so long
to hear those words!! " You are pregnant"!!!!
All the time, shots in the belly, shots in the butt,
pills, appointments, expenses, laughter and tears
had all been so worth it! Our prayers had been answered,
we were finally going to have our family!!
When we went back a few weeks later for our first
ultrasound, Dr. Sweet then said we have twins!! Our
prayers had been doubly answered! We had a scare at
about 13 weeks into the pregnancy with bleeding from
a placenta previa. I went on bed rest for a few months
and the problem cured itself. The rest of the pregnancy
was a beautiful thing!
And now that we have our two baby boys we are so much
in love with them! They are truly angels! I hope that
anyone having a difficult time and struggling to make
the choices we made can find a little comfort and
reassurance in our story and the stories of all the
other families that Dr. Sweet and his staff have helped
to create. I know it helped and encouraged us to know
that others have been in the same place and have gotten
the families they dreamed of. The best thing we would
tell anyone going through this is NEVER GIVE UP AND
NEVER LOSE FAITH!!! If you are with Dr. Sweet, you
are in the best of care and if anyone can make your
dreams come true, he can! Thank you to all of the
staff at SRMS for making our dreams come true! We
will never forget any of you and can’t wait
to bring our boys in to meet every one! God bless
you and keep you all as you continue making miracles
happen!!
Sincerely,
Ozzie & Harriet Nelson*
Dr. Sweet’s Comments:
This case brings back a flood
of memories. I remember first meeting Ozzie. He had
been born with a problem wherein the normal hormones
released from the pituitary gland to drive the testes
to make sperm and testosterone were not released.
My first goal was to increase his testosterone and
I used a protocol that was designed to do just that
and only that. There had been only a couple of reported
cases where starting with this recipe also initiated
sperm production, but none of us were expecting such
a great result. When we checked, he had normal sperm
where none had ever existed before!
They tried for a while but when pregnancy did not
occur, we focused on Harriet. We were not expecting
a laundry list of problems including obstructed tubes,
pre-diabetes, pelvic adhesions and even endometriosis.
She was one of the rare patients I actually had to
operate twice on to try to correct the numerous problems.
Even after surgery, their options were very limited
and IVF was truly their best option.
The IVF cycle went beautifully. She provided 17 eggs
with 15/15 fertilizing. We transferred only two embryos
and they had the proverbial “two-for-one sale”
of twins!
The story didn’t stop there. They had a difficult
decision to make regarding their three cryopreserved
embryos. They made the amazing gift of donating them
to a needy couple! Wow! After working so hard and
getting their two children, they were able to find
it within themselves to give their embryos a chance
at life with another loving family.
This was a very special couple. I was very proud of
what we all did together. What a set of complex problems
and what an amazing outcome. I have a saying, “How
do you eat an elephant?” My answer is, “One
bite at a time.” I think we all felt the problems
were piling up but by addressing each one separately,
each issue was properly addressed.
I am still left humbled by the trust patients such
as these bestow on my practice and me. It is the greatest
compliment they can ever give.
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