It's ON! Our Indiegogo fundraising campaign for our documentary is up and running! So please help us spread the word!
A few people have asked me why we are doing this. Why did Noah and I decide to film every aspect of our harrowing journey to parenthood, from the day before we met our RE to procedures like the HSG to the first shot of our IVF cycle to the moments of that first cycle when things started falling apart? Why did we continue to film over the next year, interviewing other couples with happy endings when our happy ending seemed so far in the distance? Why did we document how a sibling egg donor can impact a family? And how are we able to take a super sad and emotional topic and find a little humor and a little laughter?
We started making this film in 2012 as a way for us to process what was happening to us, and with the idea that we might make a short film about our single successful IVF cycle that we could share with others going through infertility. By 2014, our short film plan was way out the window. We had about 100 hours of footage and no idea how we were going to make a baby. Noah and I had fallen deeply into the abyss that is ART. We were broke and broken and yet always believed that there was a baby out there for us. We just had to find him or her.
So our story became more of a quest. At the intersection of modern medicine and that deep biological urge to have a family, came life lessons in compromise, survival, keeping hope alive, and sheer determination. We interviewed others who have sought alternative family building because we needed to know there were other ways to have a family. We felt these stories of people who got surrogates or donors, adopted or decided to live child-free, got miraculously pregnant when they were told they never would, or had successful IVF's or IUI's were such an important piece to all of this. So our short film turned into a feature film that we hope can educate people about infertility and making modern families. We hope the film will help increase awareness and understanding while decreasing stigma and isolation.
We are documenting because we feel like we have to. Our story is the story of millions of people around the world. Our story is becoming more and more common. Our story will provide some hope for others who are running in circles on IF Island, and some insight for anyone who doesn't know much about the world of IF.
But we need your support! Please pass our link around through twitter and other social media outlets. Tell your family and friends and help us spread the word!
INDIEGOGO: http://igg.me/at/onemoreshot
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/OneMoreShotFilm
WEBSITE: www.onemoreshotfilm.com
TWITTER: @onemoreshotdoc
It has taken a village to make our baby (who turned 36 weeks old in my belly yesterday, whoo hoo!), and it will take another village to make this film. Please be a part of our village!
Corynn! Five months! Incredible. Yes, we will have a major video diary of our search for Momo and hopefully she will feel the love. Anita, I can't wait to see Momo too! I think this poor kid is going to be stuck with the nickname Momo no matter what we name her. Hope all is going well with you.
Posted by: Don't Count Your Eggs | March 06, 2015 at 11:09 AM
Waiting to see Momo's pictures soon. Maya. Have you thought of a name yet?
Posted by: Anita | March 04, 2015 at 05:47 PM
Such a special way to some day be able to show Momo how much she was wanted and is loved!
4 (maybe less, hopefully not more...) weeks to go!!! My little one turns 5 months tomorrow - CRAZY!
Posted by: Corynn | March 03, 2015 at 01:44 PM