Tender Journey

Tender Journey Tender Journey is a blog designed to share our family and our journey through and post IVF, parenting a large family!

After a 3 year struggle of trying to conceive, running tests, and undergoing IVF, we welcomed our bundle of joy in July of 2013. Infertility continues to effect our family building and future plans. Throughout our journey, we were blessed to find 2 amazing doctors, numerous nurses, and meet other wonderful people who also struggle with infertility. Because of our own infertility, we created a line

of jewelry dedicated to representing the struggle that 1 in 8 couples will experience. Melissa designed several pieces and Paul made her ideas a reality. We hope you enjoy each Tender Journey Jewelry piece.

Well, we "did it" and then some. If you follow us, I guess that is right on point. Planned on 6 goats total. 3 in April,...
04/10/2026

Well, we "did it" and then some. If you follow us, I guess that is right on point. Planned on 6 goats total. 3 in April, 3 in May. (1 for each kid (minus the baby)) and 1 for Melissa. 2 showed up unexpectedly pregnant, another story for another day, and we are now at 5 with 3 more coming in May 🐐♥️🐐♥️🐐♥️🐐♥️🐐♥️ I will definitely share more as we go! Thanks for all of the tips and tricks.

"When we found ourselves on the IVF route, the goat plans were bumped back a “bit.” Every year I will say “next year” or...
03/02/2026

"When we found ourselves on the IVF route, the goat plans were bumped back a “bit.” Every year I will say “next year” or “when we are done having babies”. That leads us to now…"

When we purchased our property in 2009, goats were in the plan. We have never had livestock, so we started with chickens and guinea fowl, and later peacocks. When we found ourselves on the IVF rout…

This post was written in the fall of 2025. It took me a few months to feel comfortable sharing it. God bless my fellow h...
02/20/2026

This post was written in the fall of 2025. It took me a few months to feel comfortable sharing it. God bless my fellow heart moms. ♥️

*This post was written in the fall of 2025. It took me a few months to feel comfortable sharing it. God bless my fellow heart moms. ♥️ It hit me like a brick. I watched one of my twins run out of t…

"Donate them. Destroy them. Donate to science. Leave them frozen. Everyone has their perfect idea of how this would work...
02/18/2026

"Donate them. Destroy them. Donate to science. Leave them frozen. Everyone has their perfect idea of how this would work for them if they were in that situation."

It has been awhile. It has been awhile since I have written. It has been awhile since I have even talked about infertility. I suppose on the outside, it appears as though infertility does not impac…

Baby number 6, Giavana, and the last of our frozen embryos, has arrived. I will be picking back up some writing soon to ...
06/20/2025

Baby number 6, Giavana, and the last of our frozen embryos, has arrived. I will be picking back up some writing soon to update. ♥️ Thank you for all of the love!

On October 7th, we transferred our final frozen embryo. I will update as soon as we know and are ready to share.
10/14/2024

On October 7th, we transferred our final frozen embryo. I will update as soon as we know and are ready to share.

What do I say about this last? Last baseline. Last first progesterone in oil. Last trip to CNY Fertility in New York. Last monitoring. Last embryo. Last beta. Last potential to build our family. La…

Awesome!
08/26/2022

Awesome!

Hi everyone, we’re really excited to bring your attention to another amazing grant opportunity. While the grant isn’t run by or affiliated with CNY Fertility, it was started by Utica (Syracuse area) locals, Steve and Stephanie Lowe with the intention of helping patients in financial need at CNY.

It's their mission to not only raise awareness for this community but give a couple a chance to make their dream come true and have a child of their own.

Let’s all give Steve and Stephanie a big loving thank you for such a generous gift to this community and head to this link to apply: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSerSVrholJIYHHcBUWUFy0TLeorMj8MROJTJE06LFIzGFH51Q/viewform

Applications must be received by September 15th.

08/18/2022
08/06/2022

Hi wonderful!!!

We're shaking things up a little this month and providing a little extra love, support, and hope to those who need a second chance.

For the month of August, we are restricting grant applications to those who have attempted and failed at least one IVF cycle. The IVF cycle could have taken place at CNY Fertility or another facility though we do require proof.

As always, our August grant will include:

🎉 $3,995 treatment credit to CNY Fertility
🎉 $4,500 medication gift card to IntegrityRx ⠀⁠
🎉 Up to 7 Nights stay at the Holiday Inn and Suites (only available in Syracuse, NY)
🎉 $100 gift card to
🎉 Enrollment and 3 Month Access to
🎉 $100 gift card to

All you need to do to apply is fill out the short application at https://www.cnyfertility.com/grant-application/

The application period closes on August 30th, 2022, at 11:59 PM PST.

The recipient must be in good financial standing with CNY Fertility. The recipient may have an open payment plan, but must show a history of full and timely payments.

Even if you submitted an application for a previous month's giveaway, you need to re-submit one for July.

One application per couple (if applicable).

All gifts must be redeemed within one year of the grant closing.

You must not have insurance coverage for anticipated treatment.

The recipient will be contacted within the first week of August.

Lots of love and luck to you all!!!

05/13/2022
03/17/2022

The nation's most affordable IVF & Donor Eggs Cycles.

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