The Berger family found itself at a crossroads in the fall of 2009.
While Joe Berger, up until that point a journeyman offensive lineman, finally was earning his first starting gig in the NFL in his second stint with the Miami Dolphins, his wife, Abby, for most of that season endured weekly fertility treatments.
“It was so hard,” Abby said. “It was awful. It was grueling, consuming, emotional.”
It had previously taken a year of trying for Abby to become pregnant with their young son, Gavin. The prospect of Abby giving birth to a second child seemed slim.