Anne P.

Air Force Spouse

Finding a Way

My husband and I spent 5 years, over 3 duty stations, trying to have our first child. We were stationed at Scott AFB when we had our 5th miscarriage and started working with a specialist 4.5 hours away in Chicago. When we came up on the VML, my husband worked with his leadership, and they found a way for us to stay at Scott.

They cross-flowed him into a new airframe. At great expense to the Air Force, he was only in the KC-135 for nine months. But for our family, it was enough time for our specialist to find our issue and give us a viable pregnancy. We are forever grateful to our leadership for finding a way to prioritize our family’s needs.