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Fertility Success Story

One Woman's Story

By Teri Brown

A frustrated Wilson turned to adoption. "When I first tried adoption, I was offered a baby that was born addicted to crack cocaine," she says. "I was told the mother changed her mind, and the baby was then given to the mother's aunt."

The second attempt at adoption was a whirlwind process. Wilson was told that she could have the child, met with the mother and went to see the baby. After being given parental rights, Child Welfare Services intervened and took the child four hours before Wilson was to leave with the infant.

"After investing so much financially and emotionally, I was devastated," she says.

This devastation left Wilson emotionally spent, and she ended up quitting her job. After a brief recovery period she continued to search for the answers that would lead her to a child. Approaching 40, Wilson knew she didn't have a lot of time.

"In the end, this fueled me to work harder to find a way to have a baby," she says. "This is when I looked up a Web site and learned of Dr. Werlin at Coastal Fertility Medical Center in Irvine, California."

Wilson hadn't given up hope, but she was becoming a bit skeptical. When a representative of Coastal Fertility called with the news that they believed they could help her, she wasn't sure what to believe.

"I actually called the woman a liar!" says Wilson, laughing. "I just couldn't believe it."

Wilson was on waiting lists for frozen embryos at other clinics and was told that the waits could be over two years long.

"At first, I didn't believe Dr. Werlin's confirmation that donor, frozen embryos were available," she says. But the minute she met Dr. Werlin in person, Wilson knew something was different.

"When he sa my mother and me, he asked me why I wanted a child," she says. "We hit it off well. He was very kind and the first person who said, 'I can help you,' and explained in detail how he could help. This was not like the other doctors who first asked for financial fees or others who would break terrible news to me over the phone."

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