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COFFEE COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) — A Coffee County woman is pursuing in vitro fertilization, or IVF, months after losing her two children and ex-husband in a fatal crash in Jeff Davis County.

Jade Corey and her husband, Landon Corey, are undergoing the IVF process after Corey had her fallopian tubes removed following the birth of her second child.

The crash

In March 2025, Corey’s ex husband, Nicholas Coleman, 27, and their two children, Tinsley, 3, and Stetson, 2, were killed when the Chevy Avalanche they were riding in crossed the center line and crashed head-on with a semi-truck on Highway 341 near Eureka Church Road in Jeff Davis County. Jeff Davis County Fire Rescue said both vehicles caught fire on impact. The driver of the semi-truck also died in the crash.

Corey was not in the vehicle at the time of the crash.

The IVF process

Corey said she had her tubes removed after her second child, which now requires her to pursue IVF to have another child. She said the process involves retrieving her eggs, fertilizing them with Landon Corey’s sperm in a lab, and placing the resulting embryo back into her uterus. She said medication is used to help her hormones bypass the fallopian tubes since she no longer has them.

According to the Mayo Clinic, in vitro fertilization is a treatment for infertility in which mature eggs are collected from the ovaries and fertilized by sperm in a lab before one or more of the fertilized eggs, called embryos, are placed in the uterus. A full cycle of IVF takes about two to three weeks, though the process can be split into parts and take longer.

Landon Corey has not had children of his own. Jade Corey said this would be his first child.

Moving forward

Jade Corey said she still grieves her children and struggles with the possibility of not being able to have another child.

“The thought of never being able to hold another baby and love on my baby, it kills me,” Corey said. “It just makes me want to quit. And if I cannot be a mother again and provide and nurture a child, it just makes me want to quit. And I want to keep going. I know God tells me to keep going.”

Corey said if IVF is not successful, she and Landon Corey would consider adoption.

“I would love to try to produce our child first between me and him before we go through a route of adoption,” Corey said.

Corey said she encourages other women going through IVF to keep trying.

“I just encourage you to keep trying, to keep praying to God because God will find a way,” Corey said. “I just hope if a mother feels in their heart that she needs to be a mother, I hope she gets blessed with the opportunity.”

Cost of IVF

According to Carrot, the average cost of one IVF cycle in the U.S. is $23,474 in 2026. Most patients undergo two to three cycles, which can bring total costs to an average of $50,000. A base fee, which typically includes monitoring appointments, egg retrieval, laboratory fees for embryo creation, anesthesia and embryo transfer, ranges from $8,000 to $14,000. Additional costs can include medications, which range from $3,000 to $7,000, and genetic testing, which ranges from $4,800 to $6,000. As of January 2026, 25 states plus the District of Columbia have passed some level of fertility insurance coverage laws, though coverage varies by state and plan.

Fundraiser

The couple has started a GoFundMe to help cover the cost of the IVF process. According to the fundraiser, donations will go toward medication and procedures for IVF. The couple said they have already attended an IVF appointment to learn what steps are needed to begin the process.

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