Patient stories

Eight families who said yes to telling theirs.

Every story below was shared by patients who explicitly consented to be quoted by first name and likeness. We don't show success in numbers; we show it in faces, on purpose.

A note on consent: All photos and quotes are published with written permission. Last names are withheld unless requested. Outcomes vary widely — these stories are not a guarantee of similar results.
Maya and Jordan with their newborn
IVF · 2 cycles

Maya & Jordan

We arrived after eight months of failed cycles somewhere else, expecting another assembly line. Dr. Mendel sat with us for an hour. She read every previous chart. She told us, plainly, what she'd do differently. Twelve weeks later, we were pregnant.
Maya, 36 · PortlandDr. Mendel · IVF cycle 2 of 2 · Daughter born Sept 2024
James holding his son
Donor egg · 1 cycle

James & Daniel

Our donor coordinator, Reina, sent us a fifteen-page profile of our match. She included photos at age four, age twelve, and age twenty-eight. We read it together over a long weekend. Eleven months later, this guy was here.
James, 41 & Daniel, 39 · SeattleDr. Park · Donor egg + gestational surrogate · Son born March 2024
Aisha holding her son's hand
IUI · 3 cycles

Aisha

I'd been told I'd need IVF. Dr. Okonkwo looked at my labs and said — actually, let's try medicated IUI first. By the third cycle, we were on the way. I think about that conversation every time I look at him.
Aisha, 34 · PortlandDr. Okonkwo · IUI cycle 3 of 3 · Son born Jan 2025
Reciprocal IVF couple with daughter
Reciprocal IVF

Sam & Liv

Reciprocal IVF was a yes the moment Dr. Park described it. Sam carried, Liv contributed the egg. We have a daughter who, somehow, has both of our chins. It still makes us laugh.
Sam, 32 & Liv, 33 · BellevueDr. Park · Reciprocal IVF · Daughter born July 2024
Rachel with her twins
FET after loss

Rachel & Ben

After two miscarriages, we needed someone to slow down. Dr. Mendel didn't transfer until my lining was exactly where she wanted it — even when I begged her to start. She was right. We have twins.
Rachel, 38 · TacomaDr. Mendel · 2 prior losses · Frozen transfer cycle 1 · Twins born Nov 2024
Cancer survivor mother and child
Egg freezing · oncofertility

Priya

I was diagnosed on a Friday. Carmen had me in for retrieval the following Wednesday. Six years later, with cancer behind me, we used those eggs. She remembered everything when we came back.
Priya, 39 · SeattleDr. Castellanos · Emergency egg freezing 2018 · IVF 2024 · Daughter born Feb 2025
Single mother by choice
SMBC · IUI then IVF

Helena

Choosing this on my own was the hardest decision I've ever made. Dr. Okonkwo never made me feel like I needed to explain myself. We tried IUI three times, then moved to IVF. He's worth every second of every doubt.
Helena, 37 · PortlandDr. Okonkwo · 3 IUI + 1 IVF · Son born June 2024
Couple with newborn after surgery
Endometriosis · IVF

Tomi & Adrian

I'd had endo for fifteen years. Dr. Baines did the laparoscopy that finally cleared things, then handed us off to Dr. Mendel for IVF. Two clinicians, one team — that was the whole difference.
Tomi, 33 & Adrian, 35 · SeattleDr. Baines + Dr. Mendel · Excision + IVF · Daughter born Oct 2024
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