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Brent and Trisha
Dear Dr. Beer,

Willow Elaine was born two weeks early on Mother's Day, March 14th, 2000 at 2:19 a.m. She weighed 6 lbs. 12.7 oz and measured 19.5 inches in length. After a wonderful but intense, non-medicated, natural labor with 1 1/2 hours of pushing with no progress of her coming down into the pelvis and very ominous signs of fetal distress, a cesarean section ultimately needed to be done. One issue was that Willow was in a position that made it nearly impossible to get through. Her head was occipital posterior and turned in a way that required that she thrust her chin through the pelvis first. Since we couldn't quite communicate that to her, they went and got her. When they did, meconium was present showing she had definitely been distressed.

Fortunately, none was near her mouth, so none was aspirated. She's has had perfectly clear lungs even from the beginning. We are all doing well and are thrilled to finally have our little girl with us. Our miracle baby is everything we ever hoped for. She has a head full of wavy brown hair and looks like her mother. It was the best Mother's Day ever! Thank you for making our dream come true. We are forever in your debt.

Gratefully,
Brent and Trisha Boyer

JJS
March 1999 (This message is from INCIID Reproductive Immunology Bulletin Board)

This message is for anyone that has suffered from M/C. Ladies please share this message with your husbands. This message is written by the husband!!!

Before Meeting Dr. Beer
My wife and I suffered for our first year of marriage with infertility. This was corrected in 1988 and we became pregnant. My wife M/C in her first 8 weeks. I remember sitting in the waiting room crying for my wife and our loss. We had to tell all our friends and family of our loss because we told everybody of our pregnancy.

Then in February of 1990 we gave birth to our only biological child (daughter). It was the happiest time of our lives. A year later we decided to have a second child. We M/C in the 1st trimester again. We went on to have 5 more miscarriages after that.

These were very difficult times. I was there for all of the ultrasounds where there was no heartbeat and the doctor did not know what to say or do. We were told everything from it just happened to your wife might later develop Lupus. They just did not know. We even tried treatments in Philadelphia where they did not analyze our case or know what they were doing.

We decided to adopt our 2nd child in 1995, a little girl. In 1997, my wife said she wanted to try again to have a baby. I told her it was time to give up. She said I have found a Doctor on the Internet that I think can help us and I don't want to die not knowing I didn't try everything possible. My wife asked me what would I do to have another baby. I remember saying to her I would do anything to have another baby. I would cut my arm off if I knew this would get her another baby.

Meeting Dr. Beer
In March 1998 we met Dr. Beer. I remember saying to my wife on the way to NY, you will never meet this Doctor, he is too important to see us. Well, I was very wrong. He did meet us and explained to us what was wrong from analyzing our blood work. He told us we had a good chance at having another baby this time next year.

I remember feeling this is impossible. We did all the recommended treatments and my wife became pregnant in July of 1998. We continued the treatments prescribed by Dr. Beer. My wife had ultrasounds throughout the pregnancy. I had been so sick from worry with all the previous pregnancies that this time I could not go to see the ultrasounds. I now believe that it was planned for me to be there in the past to (pick up the pieces) from the M/C's and now that my wife was under the care of Dr. Beer she could go on her own to the ultrasounds. It was going to be okay this time.

I am happy to announce the birth of our daughter on March 11, 1999. She is a beautiful, healthy, happy little girl. My wife and I are so very happy!!! To the husbands, I have a very happy wife!!! If you are struggling with M/C and need help, Dr. Beer is the only Doctor who can help you. Trust me, I know!!! This Doctor has the talent of Michael Jordan, the intelligence of Bill Gates, and the love for people in need like Mother Teresa. I say this because he is the first person in our lives (other than our parents) that cared enough about us and wanted to really help us. Dr. Beer is what a Doctor should be like. God bless you Dr. Beer.

JJS

Jane
March 1999 (This message is from INCIID Reproductive Immunology Bulletin Board in reply to the message above from JJS)

Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful story. There are days when even us hard-core believers in Dr Beer's program need to hear the success stories such as yours.

The days get long sometimes and the small bumps and starts along our journeys throw us like potholes even when we are in Dr Beer's program. Some days, we only remember our past failed medical dead-ends not the wide-open roads that lie ahead. We need to be reminded that with Dr Beer, things are different. We don't have to be so stirred up and stressed all the time. This time the treatments work. The terrible tragedies of our past don't necessarily have to rear their ugly heads again. Though, at times, it's hard to get rid of these hidden, demon worries that continue to haunt us. Stories such as yours refresh us and revive us.

The roadblocks that exist for us, like costs and skeptical doctors that demoralize us, don't seem so strong when we hear stories such as yours, our hopes are given a little boost, our spirit given a little more fire. The feelings you describe on your journey sound so much like mine in so many ways, the incredible desperation to do just about anything ("cut your arm off") to have another baby. I know that excruciating desperation. Having other children does not necessarily make this great desperation go away. In some ways, other children only remind us exactly how much beauty we have lost before.

I think you must be some kind of husband to feel for the miscarriage pain of your wife the way you do. The scarceness of husband's posts on this Board tells me much about the rarity of your relationship with your wife. Usually it's the wife who does the grieving and fights the battles in the miscarriage war. So often its the wives that suffer alone as their well-meaning yet helpless husbands go on with their lives doing what they do, hoping their wives "will get it all figured out eventually." You have shown something completely different with your post.

Also, I so agree, Dr Beer is a great man. All the things you say about him are true. It's wonderful to hear another relate their feelings about him so eloquently. I have deep and true feelings for Dr Beer also.. your description reaffirms to me his greatness is not in my imagination. Thank you again for sharing your story. It was so appropriate and so much needed here. You sound like a wonderful, caring husband. I am so happy to hear of the safe birth of your daughter....

Jane

Margaret Presutti
February 1999

One Man--A Tribute to Dr. Beer

For all the babies who came and went without ever being born,
For all the mothers who wept and wept and remained forlorn,
For all the fathers who felt more helpless year after year,
for all of them, now and soon, God gave us Dr. Beer!

One Man who feels enough to understand the pain,
One Man who knows enough to prevent it from happening again.
One Man who cares enough to take the time to learn,
One Man who dares enough to take a different turn.

One Man who saved us from our living hell--
One Man--one man--who gave us Garbielle!!

by Margaret Presutti and Philip Stillman
After 3 lost angels, proud parents of a "Beer Baby"

MIR-A-CLE: Noun; from Latin Mirus, Wonderful

1. an event or action that apparently contradicts known scientific laws;
2. a remarkable thing;
3. GABRIELLE MICHELLE STILLMAN, Born to Margaret and Philip on January 22, 1998 at 4:52p.m. 6lbs., 3 ozs., 18 inches

Jill Dillard, Dallas, TX
January 1999

Dear Dr. Beer:
Yes... another Beer baby has arrived January 13, 1999. I am your patient in Dallas who you worked with my RE Dr. Ellen Wilson. Our little girl was born January 13 weighing in at 6 lb 10 oz and 19 inches long. She has a full head of auburn hair just like her Daddy. After your guidance with NK cells and no maternal blocking antibodies we finally had our dream come true thanks to you.

I don't know how to thank you enough for your guidance through this long journey... A year ago this month was the time we spent on the on the phone with a conference call with you, Dr. Wilson, and Steve and I. Now a year later we are holding our little girl in our arms.

THANK YOU DR. BEER! You made our dreams come true when they seemed like just dreams. I will send you a picture!!

With much thanks,

Jill Dillard

Sharon, Dave, Marcie, and Tess McRae
January 1999

Dearest Dr. Beer:
It is with overwhelming amazement, joy, pride, and gratitude that Dave and I welcomed our two baby daughters into the world on January 18th, 1999, at 8:55 PM and 9:08 PM. (I was induced at 37.5 weeks.) Marcie Hope was born first by a vaginal delivery and was 4 lbs 11 oz, 18 inches. Shortly thereafter, it was discovered that her placenta had abrupted, and an emergency C-section had to be performed to deliver her sister, Tess Hayley, 3 lbs 11 oz, 17.5 inches.

The girls are both beautiful and healthy, but because of Tess's low birth weight, she is being kept at the Special Care nursery until she demonstrates that she can gain and maintain body weight and temperature. We spent 6 days in the hospital with Marcie in our room, and she is a real joy. She has a wonderful disposition and was very comforting to us in our disappointment over not being able to share the same time with Tess, who will remain in the nursery for at least another week or so. Unfortunately, a possible glitch in the plan came up last week when the lab called with the results of a spinal tap culture that had been performed on her the day of her birth; the culture showed growth of Strep D Enterococcus after 5 days. As there was no growth sooner than this, it is suspected that this is just a lab contaminant.

However, Tess's white cell count also dropped from 17 to 7, which the doctors suspected could also be a sign of infection, so to be extra cautious, they started her on a 2 week course of antibiotics late last week.

This will be reevaluated pending results of her latest spinal tap, so it's possible that we may be able to bring her home sooner. (As an extra precaution, Marcie's CBC was taken, and her WBC was normal.)

I have been spending almost all of my waking hours breastfeeding or pumping--hard work, but what a joyous bonding experience! We've been transporting breastmilk to the special care nursery to supplement the feedings that Tess is receiving, and I am also able to breastfeed her when I'm there. She is quite the voracious eater-much unlike her sister, Marcie, who has to be prodded just to stay awake during her feedings!

We were really taken by surprise by the low birth weight of the babies; these weights were the ones predicted by the ultrasound performed 2 weeks prior to their delivery. The reason for the IUGR remains unknown, but my ob sent the placentas to a lab for analysis and we await results.

I still feel like someone is going to come over and say, "Thanks for taking care of my babies; I'll take them back now!" It's hard to believe that after such a long, hard struggle, I'm finally a Mom. And I'm enjoying every second of it, even changing dirty diapers and hearing the cries which sometimes seem inconsolable. I feel that we are truly blessed, and we're forever grateful to you, as we know that this would never have been possible without your diagnosis of the cause for our 4 previous losses, your detailed treatment plan, and your medical guidance and emotional support. We hope to be able to be at a Beer Baby reunion sometime in the near future! We'll send a birth announcement when they're ready.

Thank you for everything, Dr. Beer; you are truly a miracle worker!!

Best regards,

Sharon, Dave, Marcie, and Tess McRae