The struggle of a Romanian-Dutch couple with infertility. After years of treatment in the Netherlands, they got pregnant at a clinic in Spain, using donated oocytes
Infertility is a silent struggle, often filled with uncertainty and pain. Lucian and Naomi experienced such a journey, a story that began in 2021 and that involved not only a lot of physical and financial efforts, but also a lot of patience and love. After several treatments and procedures, carried out in The Hague, Amsterdam and Barcelona, they managed to fulfill their dream of becoming parents through in vitro fertilization, with oocytes from an anonymous donor.
Their story is not only about the final success, but about the whole journey they went through to get to hold their little Elena in their arms today.
Lucian (49) and Naomi (44) live in the Netherlands. He is Romanian and she is Dutch and they have been a couple since 2019. In 2021, they decided it was time to complete their family with a child. It was during the COVID-19 pandemic, a time already fraught with insecurity. Lucian and Naomi received a harsh diagnosis: infertility. “Our journey started in 2021, when we started going to the doctor, doing tests, finding out what's wrong,” Lucian recalls.
The first visits to the doctor were in The Hague, where the series of medical investigations began. “I did blood tests, ultrasounds and a testicular analysis to see if there was any problem from the past. Fortunately, I didn't have anything special,” says Lucian. Also then, Naomi underwent treatment designed to regulate ovulation and stimulate egg production. It was just the beginning of a road that would be much harder than they imagined.
After months of investigations and initial discussions with doctors, it became clear that the chances of a naturally achieved pregnancy were very low. Age, test results and medical history all led to the same conclusion: the next step was assisted fertilization. For Naomi and Lucian, this decision was not an easy one. Not because he didn't trust medicine, but because it involved entering into a long, invasive and emotionally difficult process. It meant hormone treatments, strict schedules, medical interventions, and above all, accepting that the outcome was not just about willpower or effort.
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