Dana Griffin-Graves told BuzzFeed News that she and her husband, Arkell Graves, started trying to have a child soon after their wedding 17 years ago.

She said they assumed they wouldn't have issues having a family.

"We had everything planned," she said.

But the couple struggled. Griffin-Graves said that she delivered one stillborn baby at six months and had four miscarriages. About five years ago, she said, they decided to let go of their dream of getting pregnant.

"It just didn't work out, so we kind of gave up," she said.