Male Speaker: One of your dreams of starting a family is looking more and more doubtful. That's what some couples face when trying to have a baby. The most never imagined, it could happen to them. In Highland Park, a suburb of Chicago, Kelly and Tom Cherwin make their home. They discuss starting a family shortly after they got married. Kelly Cherwin: Since we got back from a honeymoon we kind of just said delicious that what happen is happened and that's what we done. So and that was eight years ago. Male Speaker: Kelly is currently an art history professor at Oakton community college in Illinois. By age 32 she had achieved most of her goals, a successful marriage and carrier. What are missing were children. It was then she realized something was wrong. Kelly Cherwin: It just all of sudden one day dawned, I mean wait a minute you haven't been doing anything to stop this, but nothings happening. So was about then that I went to the doctor. Male Speaker: In many cases, an obstetricians /gynecologists can work with couples who are having difficulty becoming pregnant to help them resolve their problems. Dr. Edward Marut: Fortunately, most are able to conduct the initial battery of test and in fact initiate early treatment. If they find certain problems or if the initial test proved to be too complicated, they are then looking to refer them to a reproductive endocrinologist who has had advance training besides obstetrics and gynecology to treat the problems. If a women has difficulties with Nova Ovulation or sometimes simply in order to increase the odds of getting pregnant, the reproductive endocrinologist will use fertility drugs to stimulate the ovaries. Male Speaker: Kelly and Tom tried several fertility procedures with no success and after two extremely disappointing In Vitro Fertilization cycles or IVF they decided to try one last time in combination with the latest technique, Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis or PGD. Kelly remembers the phone call that she received from the doctor's office while out shopping. Kelly Cherwin: I sat down on a display it. Well, I don't think I just sat and I just turned to crying and everybody was looking at me, are you okay? I said yeah, I'm okay. I not going to tell everybody in -- the Genes department was going on. Male Speaker: PGD is what helped Kelly and Tom get pregnant. It is a method used to discover possible genetic abnormalities in embryos, before these embryos are implanted into their mother. Dr. Edward Marut: And that's infancy is the use of preimplantation genetic diagnoses where the ability of the embryologist to select an embryo simply on the basis of microscopic appearance and the developmental quality has now been even further added to by the ability to eliminate embryos that have severe Chromosomal abnormalities that would result in no pregnancy or damaged embryo that would miss carry. Male Speaker: It's been a long emotional road for Kelly and Tom. And as they prepare for their new arrival, they are extremely grateful that they got the chance to fulfill their dream. Kelly Cherwin: When you start going through this process, you do realize wow, it is pretty amazing. I said to my husband probably every week, I cant believe anybody in the world ever gets pregnant period because there is just so much that has to happen, it's not as easy as you think. Male Speaker: Two embryos were healthy enough for Kelly and Tom and one did the trick. Kelly Cherwin: We picked the name Leon because Leon means warrior. And we thought out of all of those eggs, he is the one that said, this is my territory like that. Male Speaker: Infertility can be a frustrating and even mysterious experience for couples. Kelly and Tom Cherwin say that, although it wasn't easy having as much information as possible, helped them through this difficult time. But with the advances and reproductive medicine today, couples may eventually experience the precious gift of a new life.