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Yessy & Ralphie
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<h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large">OUR STORY</h2> </div>
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<div class="bb-theme-elementor-wrap bb-elementor-custom-family bb-elementor-custom-line-height"> <p>AN OPEN LETTER TO OUR FUTURE SURROGATE: <br />My husband and I both grew up in South Florida, but it wouldn’t be until 2010 that our paths would cross. We first “met” through my cousins Facebook group page and a few days later on 9/16/2010 we met in person when the group got together for Karaoke. I still remember him walking in the door and saying, “that’s him”. He looked straight at me and the rest is history. We started living together less than one year later, in love, with our lives ahead of us, big dreams, ambition, and excitement about our future. We started working together, growing our business and creating a solid foundation. In 2017 we moved into our forever home, at this time I was already 30 and knew that soon we would take the next step, to fill our home with what it needed most, a baby. We spent the following year preparing our home and in 2019 my OBGYN told me to stop birth control, wait three months, and start trying. I said “perfect, our baby will be home by 2020”, and we started picking out baby names.</p><p>And that’s when everything changed…</p><p>Exactly 3 months after stopping birth control I started waking up with swollen hands and not being able to make a fist. A month later I visited my primary doctor and it was discovered that I had a positive ANA, the first indication of autoimmune disease. At first my doctor thought it was Lupus, it wouldn’t be until 5 months later at the University of Miami where I would hear the three words that would forever change my life, “You have Scleroderma”. Scleroderma is a rare autoimmune disease that attacks the organs by sclerosis. Attacking mainly the largest organ which is the skin. My world was crushed. I cried every day for one entire year. Everyone remembers 2020 for Covid, but while the world was going crazy, my world was turned upside down.</p><p>I watched my body change, my skin harden, my face and features change. I was devastated, especially since the medication would prevent me from conceiving due to harmful effects to the baby. Not mentioning that in the onset of the disease pregnancy can be life threatening for both mother and child. At this point I didn’t know if I would ever be able to have a family. The first question from the doctor that diagnosed me was, “do you have children?” And I’ll never forget the look on her face when I told her I didn’t. I went to countless doctors in South Florida, Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, John’s Hopkins in Baltimore, and no one had clear answers for me. My only option at this point was to focus on my health and believe that this invisible invader would leave my body alone. I started a lifestyle change, eating clean, yoga, acupuncture, Chinese medicine, massages, personal training, anything to give my body strength again. I took medication, infusions, went to therapy, and prayed like I had never prayed before. Soon I started feeling better, not like my old self but like a new stronger version, one that had been through battle and could now survive anything.</p><p>I decided to stop crying. We got a little dog, a beautiful little Shih Tzu puppy, my little Minnie Tzu. This little angel brought me back to life and I became a fur mom.</p><p>In May 2021 we decided to get married, and this became one of the best times of my life. We planned our wedding in 6 months and on 12/5/21 had a beautiful wedding filled with love and happiness, surrounded by our families and friends. Our wedding song had the best line, “you’ve kissed my tears away”. At that moment it felt like everything would be okay.</p><p>Starting this new chapter as newlyweds, the question was still there, when if ever can we start trying for our family. I was now 35 and the clock was ticking. In July 2022 my doctor felt like I was stable enough to start lowering my medication. So we did and in March 2023 I completely stopped. With his approval we finally started trying and in October 2023 I was pregnant. We were beyond happy and named our baby growing inside me our Little Bean. Everything would end at eight weeks when I woke up one morning and had a miscarriage in the bathroom.</p><p>A new battle awaited us.</p><p>With my cousin’s advice we decided to go straight to IVF since it was unknown how long I could be off my medication and because I was now 37. On our first round we had the blessing of two euploid embryos and after retrieval had surgery in my uterus to remove polyps for transfer. In August 2024 we did our first embryo transfer but unfortunately, the transfer failed. After having been through so much we decided to take a break and try naturally again. Three months later I was pregnant, but Christmas 2024 would not be a happy time, at 8 weeks the baby had not grown, and the heart stopped beating. I had been through a missed miscarriage and had to have a D&C.</p><p>In April, we did our second retrieval and were blessed with one more euploid embryo. That same month I had a repeat D&C to remove remaining pregnancy tissue from the second miscarriage. We did our third retrieval in July and were fortunate to retrieve eight eggs, but the following morning received the call that only one egg had fertilized. However, by a miracle of God that one little egg that did fertilize became a blastocyst and came back tested as a healthy embryo.</p><p>We now have three healthy embryos, two boys and one girl, and we love our three little embabies so much and we are so grateful to God. The question was now for my specialists whether we should transfer an embryo to me. There is nothing I would have wanted more than to carry my own baby. However, my specialists have advised that for the sake of giving our embryos the best chance at life and to protect me from a complication with my disease, which can worsen during or after pregnancy, the clearest path would be surrogacy. I never envisioned that this would be the way to parenthood, but what I can envision is our lives as parents.</p><p>The room is ready and waiting for the baby to arrive, the family Sunday breakfasts are waiting to be cooked, the Disney itineraries are waiting to be booked, and our hearts are filled with love to give our baby the best life we can humanly provide.</p><p>We are patiently waiting for the best part of our lives to start.</p> </div> </div>
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<p> </p><p><strong>OUR INTERESTS</strong></p><p>We love to travel, go to the beach, theme parks, movies, and we are big foodies. We love to try new cuisines and restaurants, and I love to try cooking new recipes at home. Ralphie is a big sports fan and especially loves the Miami Dolphins. We have two beautiful ShihTzus and we love spending cuddle time with them every night watching movies and old TV shows such as Friends!</p> </div>
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<h2>OUR HOPES AND DREAMS FOR OUR FUTURE CHILD</h2><p>We dream of waking up on Sundays, going to church as a family, and then coming back home for a big breakfast. Taking our baby to school and packing yummy lunches, participating in school activities and extracurricular hobbies. We love Disney and can’t wait to spend days in theme parks taking pictures with characters and coming back home to snuggle the 5 of us (can’t forget the doggies) watching Disney movies and eating popcorn. Celebrating with big birthday parties in our home and decorating for every holiday especially Thanksgiving and Christmas. I can’t wait for Christmas tree photos and making smores by the lake.</p> </div>
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<h2>FAMILY TRADITIONS AND VALUES</h2><p>We will be fully present parents. My husband and I already have our shared responsibilities planned out. We will be the last ones in our family to have a child so this baby will be everyone’s little baby. Grandparents present, aunts and uncles, cousins. This baby will be loved and raised to respect family and Christian values.</p><p>We plan to pass on our love for family, love for God, love for this country, to cherish their heritage as we are both of Cuban descent, to respect others, and get an education, to work hard for their dreams, and never give up. For us morality, respect, and responsibility will be a priority to teach our child.</p><h2>WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN A MATCH</h2><p>We would like to speak often, daily or every other day if possible, frequent video chats, visits for appointments, and have a good and open relationship!</p><h2>EXTRA INFORMAITON</h2><p><strong>Names: </strong>Yessy & Ralphie</p><p><strong>Location: </strong>Davie, FL</p><p><strong>Number of Embryos: </strong>3 PGS tested embryos</p><p><strong>Agency/Management Team: </strong>The Biggest Ask</p><p><strong>Fertility Clinic: </strong>Conceptions Florida</p><p><strong>Surrogate Compensation: </strong>Medium/High</p><p><strong>Requirements: </strong>Vaginal deliveries only (4 maximum), under 40 years old, BMI under 30, not currently taking any prescription medications, one hour time zone difference or less (EST)</p> </div>
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<h2 class="title eael-cta-heading">Could you be their surrogate?</h2><p>If you're interested in learning more about Yessy & Ralphie, send us an email at bri@thebiggestask.com - subject line "Yessy & Ralphie". </p><a href="mailto:hello@thebiggestask.com" class="cta-button cta-preset-1 ">Send us a message</a> </div>
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