This fact was rooted in her even as a child, since she and her sister were diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, crippling lung disease. It was said that while she could get pregnant, she could have problems Loading the baby to term.
His sister, Kerry Harrison and her husband, adopted a child. Kelly put the idea out of your mind, until she met her husband, John Skinner and decided to get a couple of family .the was able to get the support of brother John, David and his wife, Natasha, who has five children between the ages of 2 and 13. Natasha has agreed to be the gestational carrier for your child, which means that your body acts as a host to Kelly and John fertilized egg.
"There are people out there willing to do what she isn't taking some money," said Kelly, 37, a teacher who lives in Severna Park, with her husband, a systems analyst.
"She is doing it out of the goodness of his heart. When I looked for the first time in gestational carrier, they all want a lot of money. The only way for us to do this was if someone was kind enough to do this.
The Shady Grove Fertility Clinic, doctors recommend the option holder in cases where the mother's medical condition would not allow it to be safely pregnant, said Dr. Gilbert l. Mottla.
A carrier can be a friend or relative or someone identified by an agency. This would be a healthy woman who became pregnant with security in the past and is less than 40. Has been more common for couples find carriers through an agency.
"They are a wonderful family," said Mottla. "Is something very special for a family member do for the other".
When Kelly was growing in the 1970s, she doesn't have a bright prospect. Currently, the median life expectancy for patients with cystic fibrosis was 9 years. Disease cause persistent cough, Wheezing and lung infections, according to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
One night in November 2007, Kelly was in restaurant O'Loughlin in Arnold at the same time as John Skinner. He said that she was beautiful and developed a relationship. In a few months, he had dinner with their parents. By the end of the year, he brought Kelly to the House of his parents for Christmas dinner, a great gathering that included Natasha and David.
After Kelly and John has hired, they began to plan for a family. They had heard of gestational carrier option and tried to find yourself a woman would be willing to take her baby. But the costs were high and they began to think about alternatives.
John immediately suggested Natasha carrier and asked him to consider something "life changing". It didn't take long for Natasha and David agree with it and explain the process for their children.
"Younger people that I'm simply pregnant again," said Natasha, 37, which has four daughters and a son. "We can say that isn't our baby, is John and Kelly. Honestly, I've been pregnant so much that they were OK with me being pregnant. "
John and Kelly married in July 2009 and started the process. Two couples had to undergo psychological examinations with a social worker. This routine is to make sure that everyone has the same understanding of what will happen during pregnancy.
John and Kelly ended up paying about $ 15000 for the process, which includes a compensatory allowance of the work of John toward fertility treatments.
Through the process of Kelly had to take hormones so that it would produce eggs extras. At the same time, Natasha received estrogen and progesterone to develop the lining in her uterus. Kelly Eggs were injected with sperm from John and grown in a lab for five days, said Mottla. One or two embryos were selected and placed in Natasha.
For the first time, Natasha pregnancy resulted in a miscarriage after six weeks. Kelly and John decided to give it a try more and crossed the process again. This time, they didn't tell anyone about pregnancy Natasha until it has passed eight weeks.
Now everyone is preparing for his son, which should arrive around 10 April. Kelly accompanies Natasha in commitments from your doctor, while the days of ultrasound are a subject crowded that includes John, Kelly and other relatives.
During this pregnancy, unlike their predecessors, Natasha has had constant morning sickness and headaches. She began to receive congratulations on your pregnancy, but is quick to explain that she's just the "oven."
Kelly continues to take medication for his illness and maintains the hope of a cure. She has chronic sinusitis, along with the lungs and digestive problems. Still, things have come a long way from when she was a child and less treatments were available.
Kelly said that she would love to be the achievement of his son, but with your medical history, this could mean live for only a few years of life of the child.
Kelly said that "since I had the chance to see everything, I want to live for everything". "Everyone needs a Natasha".
For more information about Shady Grove, visit www.shadygrovefertility.com.
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