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Ella and Eric dreamed of a family. But the truth that surfaced after bringing their adopted son home would tear everything apart.<\/em><\/p>\n The dream of holding a child, hearing the patter of small feet across the floor, and being called \u201cMom\u201d or \u201cDad\u201d\u2014for Ella and Eric, that dream was everything. It wasn\u2019t just a hope. It was the driving force behind every choice they made for years.<\/p>\n They longed to become parents. They wanted to share their love, their home, their lives with a child. So when pregnancy didn\u2019t come easily, they didn\u2019t give up.<\/p>\n Ella and Eric poured everything into the dream. After months\u2014then years\u2014of trying naturally, they turned to medical solutions. Fertility treatments. Hormone shots. IVF cycles that left Ella drained emotionally, physically, and financially. Each negative result was another wound to the heart.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ella and Eric dreamed of a family. But the truth that surfaced after bringing their adopted son home would tear everything apart. The dream of holding… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n<\/h3>\n
The Cost of Wanting a Child<\/h3>\n