“Our beautiful little message will not work,” the Paralympic gold medalist said.
Paralympic gold medalist Mallory Wegemann and her husband Jay Snyder have invited news to join their IVF journey like they try to start a family.
Mallory Wegemann and her husband Jay Snyder shared the sad news with their followers over the weekend. A recent embryo transfer did not result in a successful pregnancy.
The pair have been on a fertility journey for several years, focusing on Wegmann’s Paralympic swimming career and Snyder’s male infertility. Finally, after two cycles of in vitro fertilization. Realizing that Weggemann had endometriosis and timing the transfer around the World Cup Trial. The couple gave birth to two healthy embryos.
The first was moved in late April, and Vegeman and Snyder are looking forward to the next two weeks to see if it works.
“A week ago, we woke up with hearts full of love, hope, and joy as we prepared for the day. We have long dreamed of – the day we thought we would receive the that we were pregnant,” the Paralympic gold medalist Game wrote on Instagram.
She said the couple went to their favorite beach to wait for the call. But that’s not what they expected to hear. “Nurse, when he told us our lovely little message, didn’t work,” wrote Vegeman, 33.
“In the days since we experienced heartbreak that we never knew was possible, we have tried to come to condition with the loss of our beautiful little one – who we have prayed for and held in our hearts since we received a call that our rescue was successful.”
“It is with a huge heart that we share this with all of you a reality we know so many of our infertility campaign partners are all too aware. And honest about, a reality we pray we will never experience,” said Wegman, whose spinal cord paralysis was generated by an epidural injection when she was 18 years old.
At the same time, they remained hopeful. In a statement shared exclusively with PEOPLE, Veneman said: “We will forever cherish these few weeks following the transfer. The days we dreamed of how small my body would be, the hope that it was our future family, and the memories we made. Dreaming of who this little boy will be.”
“We pray for prayers at this time – prayers for comfort as we process this loss. For guidance as we continue our fight to raise our families and become parents and for these beautiful little souls who fought so hard to join our earthly country,” he wrote.