Thanks to our friends at Nevada Fertility Center, we are giving away IVF treatments to an amazing family in Las Vegas. Meet Hope and Michael Dimmick. She is a nurse and he is a police officer here in Las Vegas and they have been struggling to conceive for quite some time now. Michael's mother, Jennifer, nominated them for the "Bless You With Baby" contest on our website and were chosen to receive the big prize. Check out their reaction.
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00:00Hope is a nurse, and Michael, as we mentioned, is a Las Vegas Metro police officer.
00:05You guys dedicate your lives to serving us, the people.
00:10People who are not brave enough, smart enough, strong enough to do what you do every day.
00:14I can't imagine.
00:15People thank us all the time for what we do, and you make a smile in the morning and everything.
00:20I don't have the strength to be on my feet for 12 hours a day.
00:22That's why I'm not in the medical field, all right?
00:24I'm telling you.
00:25And I don't have the strength to do what you do either, Michael.
00:27And to think that you stay strong every single day, but yet you have these other things going on in your lives that are so difficult.
00:37Jennifer, if you don't mind, I'd love to talk to Michael just for a second and kind of hear from him and Hope.
00:43From you two, can you guys, if you feel comfortable, of course, going into a little more detail as to your struggle?
00:52And, you know, we heard the story from Michael's mom, obviously, but if you guys don't mind going into a little more detail as to what you guys have been through.
01:01Well, this is our August will be our sixth year anniversary, and we have been trying to get pregnant.
01:09I work at an OBGYN, so I've done everything you can possibly do beyond those measures.
01:17So I've done seven rounds of Clomid.
01:20I've never had a positive ovulation stick, and it's just so heartbreaking because it kind of feels like a chore.
01:29You're trying to excuse my language, but, you know, make love in the certain time of the day, the certain day, and every month we just keep getting those negative tests.
01:40And I know my husband, he just keeps saying, I'm just so ready to be a dad.
01:45We have the room, and it sucks that it's just so expensive to have a family.
01:53Yeah.
01:54And not everybody can do it because insurance does not cover fertility.
01:58And you would think, you know, a police officer and a nurse, of all people, should have the damn insurance to get something like this done.
02:07So, Michael, for you, you know, she talked a little bit about your kind of feeling on things, but, you know, you want to put it in your own words how difficult this has been for you as well.
02:16It definitely was discouraging.
02:19Obviously, I love making love to my wife, but she would be like, oh, you know, this is the time of the month.
02:28We have, like, seven days.
02:30We need to do it this time, this time, this time, and just getting shot down every single time was very discouraging.
02:36I mean, I'm sure at first, Michael.
02:38Yes.
02:40I'm not.
02:412 p.m.?
02:42Sure.
02:42Sure, I'll be there.
02:43I was totally okay with the practicing to make a baby, but it's definitely discouraging at the end of the day.
02:50Yeah.
02:51And you guys have been through this journey together, and I'm sure there's been a number of tears.
02:55And, you know, I know you have siblings, you have siblings, and, you know, it's a totally different world when you see other people being successful and bringing children into this world.
03:05Yeah.
03:06It's hard.
03:06It's hard.
03:07Difficult to not be jealous of, you know.
03:10Oh, yeah.
03:10My little brother has two kids.
03:14Her little brother has two kids.
03:16My little brother has two kids.
03:17Wow.
03:17And you guys are the best aunt and uncle in the world, I'm sure.
03:20We're in our 30s now, and it's just, it's time.
03:24Yeah.
03:24We just, we want a family so bad.
03:27So, what would mean, what would it mean to you if you were blessed with a baby from Coyote Country?
03:32It would be life-changing.
03:35It would be, I can't even put it into words.
03:39It would fill the gaps in our heart.
03:43I've actually lost a few sisters, one from childhood cancer and the other one from an OD.
03:49And so, being able to call my parents and tell them they don't have to get us pet gift cards for Christmas anymore for our dogs and they'll be grandparents would be the best gift ever.
04:01That's amazing.
04:04Well, we've heard a lot of these stories and it's been really, we've read a lot.
04:08And our staff that's in the room right now has read a lot.
04:11A lot of them have helped us, you know, narrowed it down to our finalists here.
04:16And it's tough.
04:18It's not easy.
04:19We wish we could bless everybody with a baby, right, Amy?
04:22Absolutely.
04:23Of course.
04:23It was really, really hard.
04:24But we do have some news for you.
04:27We're glad that you pushed back your flight because you're not a finalist.
04:32You two are going to be blessed with a baby.
04:33Oh, my God.
04:36Oh, my goodness.
04:41Congratulations.
04:42Oh, my God.
04:43We got balloons coming down.
04:54Congratulations to the both of you.
05:00Oh, thank you so much.
05:05You two are pairing up with Nevada Fertility Center to be blessed with a baby.
05:10Congratulations.
05:11Congratulations.
05:12Thank you to mother-in-law and mom, Jennifer, for nominating the two of you.
05:20Oh, my goodness.
05:26That's going to be pretty exciting news to tell your mom.
05:29I know.
05:30We're going for Mother's Day.
05:32She's going to be so happy.
05:34And that was a big part of, you know, why we did this.
05:36Obviously, it's going to be an enormous amount of work from here.
05:40And you guys are going to get to see some of the best doctors in Nevada.
05:42But, you know, we're working towards a way right ahead of Mother's Day to hope give you that dream of becoming a mother.
05:52Thank you so much.
05:53Oh, my God.
05:54Can I hug you?
05:55Of course.
05:57Oh, my God.
05:57We're so happy.
06:00So congratulations to the both of you.
06:03Hugs around, everybody.
06:04You know, we were so happy.
06:06Ugh.
06:06Thank you guys.
06:07You know what I'm saying?
06:09Ugh.
06:11You know what we're saying?
06:12Oh.
06:13You know what I'm saying?
06:15Okay.
06:15Oh.