The Baby Quest Blog

When it storms, we will dance in the rain ... and dancing we are.This journey is not for the faint of heart...and the ups and downs eat at your soul. It has forever changed us. Infertility has challenged during our relationship, questioned our faith, crushed our...

Our journey to having a baby has been beyond what we ever imagined.  I was only 26 years old when my husband and I started “trying” so I naively thought it would happen right away, that was the case for all my friends, but as months went by I started to worry.  I...

Lita and I met in summer 2009 and were only 20 and 23 but sparks were there from the start. At the time we met, Lita lived in Kansas and I lived in Dallas and somehow managed to convince her to move here. It was not long before we knew our connection was everlasting...

My name is Latisha Doty and I am from Cordova, Tennessee. I have a wonderful husband Ricco to whom I have been married for 16 years. Our journey through life has been quite the adventure to say the least.Two years after we were married, I was not feeling well and went...

Hi my name is Mabel and my husband and I were recipient of a Baby Quest grant in May-2016. I wanted to share our road to our double blessings Mark and Skylar.My husband and I married on April 2012 and were diagnosed with “early ovarian failure” on September 2012....

My husband, Antonio, and I first met in Boston in 2007 while pursuing Bachelor degrees in music. I had grown up in Seattle and Antonio’s family was in Massachusetts. However, after knowing each other for four years, we decided to take a leap of faith together to...

On March 28th 2019 (almost 1 month ago) I became something I have always dreamed of becoming for as long as I can remember… I became a Mom. My husband Sam and I became the proud parents of healthy boy and girl twins named Evina Rose and Joseph William (named after our...

Congratulations to the TEN newest Baby Quest grant recipients representing Vermont, Colorado, North Carolina, Texas, Ohio (3), Washington, Florida, and Indiana. This group has conditions/situations that are diverse in many ways - late pregnancy, loss of child from...

Baby Quest Foundation has had a year to remember! Take a look at some of the accomplishments to date!90 grants given out since founded in 2011 - (more to be announced by early Jan 2019 from the November grant cycle). 1.3 million dollars (cash and cash equivalents such...

“As you may have seen, the Baby Quest Foundation Fundraiser I launched through Facebook raised $1,895. The fundraiser not only generated support for your foundation, but proved to give comfort to those currently fighting infertility and gave voice to those with...

You have wanted to be a mom since you were a little girl and the possibility just seems to be getting further and further away. When you are young you just expect it to be easy. You get married and you have a baby. Simple, right? Not so simple for many people....

Aaron and Lyndsey met 10 years ago and have been married for seven. They started trying to conceive four years ago after Lyndsey graduated as an RN. In 2015, after a laparoscopy it was confirmed that Lyndsey had endometriosis and a blocked fallopian tube. They had...

Baby Quest is fortunate to have a couple who, because of their ability to pursue parenthood for many years until their daughter was born, has decided to pass that opportunity on to others. A yearly surrogacy grant has been established enabling Baby Quest to select one...

Meet a Baby Quest Friend: Leyla Bilali of Fertility Together!  Leyla is a fertility nurse and the founder of Fertility Together, a concierge fertility consulting & nursing services business. As a nurse at a large, reputable fertility clinic in NYC Leyla had a...

Worth The Wait Apparel is dedicated to bringing awareness to infertility and adoption.  Through the sale of our products, we raise money for families struggling with these issues. The financial burden that comes with infertility and adoption is too great for many...

Special thanks to by CHLOE (www.eatbychloe.com) for donating a portion of proceeds from these fabulous cupcakes to Baby Quest (during the month of May). It was a huge success with 1800 cupcakes sold! Every dollar donated helps to add another grant recipient to our...

It is common how we sometimes grow apart from friends, only to be brought back together by “random” circumstances. Amanda S. and Amanda B. both grew up in  Hawthorne, Nevada.  They shared the same name, participated on the same cheerleading squad, and each  married...

Jeff shares why he ran the Philadelphia marathon (Nov. 19th) for Baby Quest. "While Rachel and I (Jeff) were fortunate enough to be covered for our expenses, most are not. So this year, I’m running for those who can’t afford their own treatment. There are countless...

Finding the right sperm/egg bank is an important decision to make on your journey to building the family of your dreams. @Cryos International is the world’s largest sperm bank and first free-standing egg bank in the United States, and one of our amazing sponsors! They...

"In 2012, at age 35, I was diagnosed with "early ovarian failure" three months after getting married. We knew then that having ababy would require assisted reproduction. By 2016, we had started saving for an egg donor, but in a moment of desperation, we found the Baby...

For Baby Quest, each passing year means more grants and, most importantly, more babies!  We now have a total of 21 new  babies born in 2017  with several more Parents-to-be delivering later in December.  This "baby boom" allowed us to surpass the "50" mark, a...

A baby shower is a special event – an opportunity to share the blessing of upcoming parenthood with friends. Unfortunately, there are many who yearn for this special occasion, but, for them, the celebration is denied because of infertility. After years of failed...

Since March 2012, Baby Quest has awarded 70 grants and currently boasts 44 babies with several more soon to be born. We have selected heterosexual, same sex couples, and singles to be grant recipients. Among the procedures we have funded are egg freezing, ivf (in...

Infertility produces a myriad of emotions from anger to frustration to pure desperation…wanting something so badly that, for some, is so natural. Those who struggle with the injections, hormones, monthly calendars, and negative pregnancy tests can attest to the fact...