\n\n\n\nCollege sweethearts Desiree and Ryan Fortin have been happily married since 2009, but there was one thing that didn\u2019t really work \u2013 for a long time they had struggled to conceive.\n\n\n\n
Doctors diagnosed Desiree with polycystic ovarian syndrome, hypothyroid, and low progesterone \u2013 so she and her husband tried for three long and painful years before finally turning to in-vitro fertilization.\n\n\n\n
But instead of getting positive pregnancy tests, Desiree got her period over and over again. It was a mentally draining endeavor.\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t just that I couldn\u2019t get pregnant,\u201d she wrote of those difficult years.\n\n\n\n
\u201c[Infertility] brought me more tears than I ever thought I could shed\u2026. I lay on my bathroom floor in complete emptiness after countless negative pregnancy tests time and time again. I had to endure shots, bruises, and all kinds of meds because when you are infertile and you seek fertility treatment for help, that is what you are in for. [It is] expensive and exhausting physically, emotionally, and mentally.\u201d\n\n\n\n
So you can understand that Desiree and Ryan were ecstatic the moment they were finally told their first IVF treatment had worked.\n\n\n\n
And when they saw the ultrasound they couldn\u2019t believe there was not one but three babies growing! It turned out that the couple were expecting triplets \u2013 talk about success!\n\n\n\n
But the struggle wasn\u2019t over for Desiree and her family.\n\n\n\n Although she finally had finally fallen pregnant, doctors warned her that she wouldn\u2019t be able to carry all the triplets to term.\u2019\n\n\n\n \u201cI was too thin, too short, and it was my first pregnancy,\u201d she recalls being told. \u201cHowever, my hope wounds proved her wrong.\u201d\n\n\n\n The Fortin triplets were born in the summer of 2015. Desiree delivered at 34 weeks and one day, via C-section.\n\n\n\n The couple were over the moon to welcome babies Sawyer, Jack, and Charlize \u2013 weighing more than 5 pounds each.\n\n\n\n \u201dI\u2019ll never forget my delivery day. Like all things involving parenthood, there were unexpected turns. After the triplets were delivered, Ryan went with them to the neonatal intensive care unit and I was sent to recovery\u201a\u201d Desiree told Today.\n\n\n\n Desiree had some complications and bleeding, requiring emergency surgery, so she wasn\u2019t able to see her precious kids right away.\n\n\n\n But Ryan FaceTimed with her so that the new mom could see her little miracles. After two weeks in the NICU unit, all three babies were able to come home and start their lives.\n\n\n\n Settling at home with three babies was a huge gift for Ryan and Desiree.\n\n\n\n \u201dWe are blessed, but parenting is also a hard job filled with the greatest of responsibilities \u2014 caring for tiny humans. Our babies have severe reflux and colic \u2014 times three. Getting into a routine is difficult, as is maintaining your relationship amid crying babies, sleepless nights and a new routine,\u201d Desiree said.\n\n\n\n Today, the triplets are 7 years old and the whole family seems to do great.\n\n\n\n You can follow their life and adventures on Desiree\u2019s Instagram page, where she\u2019s got 150K followers.\n\n\n\n \u201dI never imagined God would use our story to reach so many people. It has been an incredible experience,\u201d she says.\n\n\n\n There, she\u2019s also revealed that she and Ryan are expecting again! So soon this beautiful family will soon be six!\n\n\n\n Thank you for sharing your story and your life Desiree, I really hope it can help other couples who are having a hard time and are struggling with infertility!\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Approximately one in every five couples will, at some time in their lives, experience difficulties conceiving. For many, it\u2019s an extremely difficult and stressful time […]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8499"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8500,"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8499\/revisions\/8500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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