Doctors never believed Justin and Lindsey Martindale’s little boy would make it. Tests showed a genetic disorder, but aborting him was never an option.

“If he was going to fight, so were we,” Lindsey Martindale said.

But just one day after he was born on May 26, 2013, by Cesarean section, Asher died.

Now, after nearly a year of trying to conceive the old-fashioned way and their arms still empty, the Martindales are trying to adopt.

What they and other couples struggling to start a family have discovered, however, is that adoption and fertility treatments, which can each exceed $25,000, can be out of their financial reach.

To find out how the Martindales and other metro Atlanta couples are making their dreams for a family come true, click here.