Our Angel Babies

When the doctor did my emergency hysterectomy he was able to leave my ovaries. This was good because it meant that I would not have to go on any hormone supplements. I immediately called LDS family services and got the ball rolling on all the paper work that needed to be done for adoption. I also met with Dr. Webb and he said that since I still had my ovaries I would be a good candidate for IVF.  When I was at the IMC the doctors rushed out and said that if they wanted any chance at saving my life they would have to take my uterus. All of the women in the room began to cry because they new the importance a uterus is to a woman. However, my sister Kim didn’t think twice. She said, “I’ll have her baby for her”. And with the nod of my husband’s head they went forward with the surgery.

Now it’s the summer of 2011 and thanks to a friends recommendation we had our first appointment with the Utah Fertility Clinic. It was like stepping into a whole new world. They had their one language, their own unique techniques and certainly their own costs. Just to pee in a cup seemed like it set us back a thousand dollars. We had no clue what we were getting ourselves into but we desperately longed to have a baby no matter the expense.

I’m going to skim a bit to bring us up to today.  My sister became pregnant with our biological twins through IVF. We were on cloud nine. Then everything came crashing down. On December 20, 2011 my sister frantically called me and said that her water broke. Kimball was born on December 27, 2011 and McKay was born on January 9, 2012. They both lived for a couple of hours and then they were gone.

In the summer of 2012, through a friend, we found out that we were expecting again. But shortly after the exciting news we found out that, this time a little girl, had miscarried.