The Gift of Hope IVF Grant

08/12/2025

Special Delivery Alert 🎉

Our NEWEST Gift of Hope IVF Grant baby was born July 7th!! Little miss Swayze Gray needed to come into the world just a little bit early at 36 weeks due worries about growth restrictions and her mom Alexia’s issues with high blood pressure and preeclampsia. She’s been in the NICU since but mom says she thinks she will finally be able to come home early this coming week.

Until then, Alexia will be focusing on recovery from her c-section and making sure to be at the hospital for all of Swayze’s feedings and skin-to-skin cuddle time.

Congratulations new mom Alexia and we can’t wait to meet you soon Swayze! 😍

😊 Read Alexia's story at this link: https://www.fertilityanswers.com/gift-hope-grant-program/ivf-grant-recipients/single-mother-by-choice-gift-of-hope-ivf-grant-2024-alexia/

08/03/2025

Meet our 2025 Gift of Hope IVF Grant recipients!

We are so excited to welcome Victoria & Tyler and Emilee & Jacob into our Gift of Hope IVF Grant family! Both couples have spent years battling infertility and are excited to have renewed hope in their struggles.

Read their stories at this link: https://www.fertilityanswers.com/gift-hope-grant-program/

06/09/2025

Since they were married in 2019, Christopher and Andrea have been trying to build a family together. When routine testing revealed that Chris had no s***m, their journey had them crisscrossing South Louisiana to different urology specialists on a quest to determine why.

Finally, after years of testing and different doctors, it was finally determined that Chris is a carrier of the cystic fibrosis gene that causes male infertility.

“Fatherhood and passing on a legacy is always something I’ve longed for,” says Chris. But he worried more about his wife Andrea possibly never being a mother. As the diagnosis sunk in, Chris slowly saw his social butterfly 🦋 become more withdrawn and sad. They felt alone in their struggle as no one in their immediate circle could truly understand the heartache and hopelessness they were experiencing.

Winning the Gift of Hope IVF Grant in 2024 changed everything. Now they are expecting their first baby in the fall of 2025.

👉 Read Chris and Andrea’s story at the 🔗 and learn if you are eligible to apply for this year’s grant.

Carrier of cystic fibrosis gene who lacks a vas deferens causing infertility awarded the Gift of Hope IVF Grant 2024.

06/09/2025

Are you or someone you know struggling to pay for infertility treatment?

Our 2025 Gift of Hope IVF Grant program applications are now available. One lucky recipient will receive an all-expenses paid IVF cycle!

Eligibility:
🧡 Louisiana resident
🧡 Make less than $120,000/year
🧡 You have medical insurance that cover prenatal care but not infertility
🧡 You have a documented medical need for IVF
🧡 You can describe in your own words why you need this grant.

Tag someone or SHARE for those who may need this grant!

👉 Learn more about the eligibility requirements and submit an online application at our link: https://www.fertilityanswers.com/gift-hope-grant-program/

03/19/2025

Happy 1st birthday 🎂 to our Gift of Hope IVF Grant baby Kenna, born to parents Meagan and Chris in March 2024!!

Meagan and Chris were one of our 2021 Gift of Hope IVF Grant recipients, and while their road to a baby was not at all linear, it was successful in the end!

Happy birthday Kenna!! It looks like you had a wild one! 🦓🐅🦒🐘

👉 Read Meagan and Chris’s story at the link in comments.

03/18/2025

We have a brand new Gift of Hope IVF Grant baby!!!! Meet Hugh, born to 2023 IVF Grant recipient’s Maci and Alex in late February!! We are so excited he has arrived!!

👉 Read Maci and Alex’s struggles with lean PCOS and the gift that led to a baby at the link in comments!

02/24/2025

New Gift of Hope baby coming in August 2025!!

09/09/2024

Good luck Alexia!!

Gift of Hope IVF Grant recipient Alexia had her egg retrieval last week with great success!! (Pictured with Dr. Chappell before her procedure.) Next, we will fertilize her mature eggs, let them grow for a few days and then biopsy after day 5. Best of luck Alexia!! We are all rooting for your success to be a mama!!

08/21/2024

It's getting real for our 2024 recipient Alexia! Yesterday she visited our Baton Rouge clinic to sign her consents, go over her IVF calendar and her medicines in preparation to begin her stim start this week. Best of luck to you Alexia!

Read Alexia's story here: https://www.fertilityanswers.com/gift-hope-grant-program/ivf-grant-recipients/single-mother-by-choice-gift-of-hope-ivf-grant-2024-alexia/

08/08/2024

We have more Gift of Hope IVF Grant good news!! Our Gift of Hope 2023 winners Maci & Alex are expecting!!!!!

Watch for updates as they get ready to welcome their new baby in Spring 2025!

08/06/2024

A very special “WELCOME TO THE WORLD” to Eloise and Audrey, the identical twin daughters of our 2023 Gift of Hope IVF Grant winners Sarah and Daniel!! The girls were born on June 21st and spent a few weeks in the NICU but are now home.

It took a while for Sarah and Daniel to find the time to send an update 😂 Says Sarah: “I honestly underestimated how busy we would be, LOL! I wanted to go ahead and send in an update since it’s been a year since we were selected for the grant!”

Sarah was hospitalized at 30 weeks with severe pre-eclampsia. The girls made it to 34 weeks for a scheduled C-section and Sarah thankfully did not having any severe complications from the pre-eclampsia.

Audrey and Eloise were born a minute apart both weighing just under 4 lbs. “We were able to see them briefly before they were brought to the NICU.“

The girls spent a few weeks in the NICU learning to eat on their own and gaining weight. “Once they hit 4 lbs and were able to maintain their body temperatures, they were able to be weened out of the isolettes and come home a couple days after that. Audrey came home at 2 weeks and 2 days old and Eloise came home at 2 weeks 6 days old.”

“It has definitely been an adjustment adapting to taking care of 2 babies, but we are so happy to have them home and healthy and wouldn’t have it any other way! We have also had lots of help from our friends and family that we are incredibly grateful for!”

“We are so thankful for everything you guys have done for us and our beautiful angels! We love them so much and cannot imagine our lives without them 💕”

— Sarah and Daniel

07/22/2024

Congratulations to Gift of Hope IVF Grant winners Christopher & Andrea of Lafayette!

Christopher recently learned that he is a carrier of the cystic fibrosis gene, which explains the years of infertility he and his wife Andrea have endured. His only option for fathering a child is through in vitro fertilization coupled with microsurgical techniques to extract s***m.

“As a third-generation business owner, passing on a legacy means everything to me. But that all pales in comparison with giving the light of my life the gift she has always longed for which is motherhood.”

👉 Read their story at our link

Carrier of cystic fibrosis gene who lacks a vas deferens causing infertility awarded the Gift of Hope IVF Grant 2024.