PREGNANCY. SHE DESCRIBES HER JOURNEY IN
HER OWN WORDS.
>> AND SO I FEEL LIKE I TURNED
30, 31, AND I TOLD MY HUSBAND
WE NEED TO GO ON ONE LAST BIG
VACATION AND THEN WE NEED TO
START A FAMILY.
>> HE WAS SORT OF LIKE, OKAY.
SURE.
SURE.
SURE. BUT
SURE. BUT WE LOVE TO TRAVEL, SO WE
WENT TO PERU AND THEN WE WERE
VERY FORTUNATE IN I GOT
PREGNANT PRETTY FAST.
AND WHEN I WAS 13 WEEKS
PREGNANT, I WENT IN FOR MY
REGULAR EXAM, BUT I HAD HAD
SOME LIGHT SPOTTING THE NIGHT
BEFORE, AND WHEN SHE WAS DOG
THE EXAM, SHE NOTICED A BUMP ON
MY CERVIX THAT HAD NOT BEEN
THERE AT THE SIX-WEEK LIFE
CHECK APPOINTMENT.
CHECK APPOINTMENT. MY HUSBAND AND I WERE PRETTY
DEVASTATED.
DEVASTATED. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT
FOR THE BABY.
MY BEST FRIEND'S MOM HAD PASSED
AWAY FROM CERVICAL CANCER RIGHT
AFTER COLLEGE AND SO I WAS
REALLY SCARED.
REALLY SCARED. WE WERE IN RURAL MONTANA, SO WE
WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ALL
OF OUR OPTIONS.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I WAS PRETTY NUMB.
AND THEN I KIND OF -- THIS
LIGHT BULK WENT OFF INSIDE OF
MY HEAD WHERE I CAN CHECK U.W.
AND I'M FROM SEATTLE.
MY PARENTS STILL LIVE IN
WASHINGTON SO I MADE THE PHONE
CALL TO U.W.
AND I GOT AN APPOINTMENT WITH
THE DOCTOR.
THE DOCTOR. HEY DISCOVERED A BUNCH OF
THINGS WHEN THEY HAD BEEN
TREATING ME IN THE ICU.
FOR ME THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
WAS MAKING SURE THE BABY WAS
OKAYS, AND THAT I WANTED --
OKAY AND THAT I WANTED TO MAKE
IT TO TERM THAT IS ALL I REALLY
CARED ABOUT.
CARED ABOUT. WHILE I WAS HERE, THE BABY HAD
BEEN GETTING MONITORED
THROUGHOUT MY STAY.
AND THE BABY WASN'T MOVING, SO
SHE WANTED TO GET ME INTO THE
BIG MACHINE AND THAT IS WHEN
THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE
SORRY AND THAT IS WHEN I FOUND
OUT THAT WE WERE NO LONGER
PREGNANT.
PREGNANT.
PREGNANT. BUT AT THAT SAME APPOINTMENT,
DOCTOR SAID I'M GOING TO PUT
YOU IN TOUCH WITH OUR
REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGIST
REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGIST AND I'M GETTING YOU AN
APPOINTMENT THIS AFTERNOON, AND
SO THAT IS HOW WE WENT FROM I
WAS ABLE TO GET PREGNANT NO
PROBLEM, I'M GOING TO HAVE THIS
BABY ON MY OWN TO, OKAY.
NOW I'M GOING TO DO IVF AND
SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO CARRY
THIS BABY FOR ME?
IT WAS A HUGE JUMP.
I PUT IT OUT THERE ON FACEBOOK
TO SEE IF ANYONE HAD ANY
INTEREST, KNEW OF SOMEONE WHO
WOULD BE INTERESTED IN BEING A
GUESTATIONAL CARRIER AND MY
FRIEND LORI WHO I HAD NOT
SPOKEN TO SINCE MY WEDDING A
FEW YEARS AGO POPPED UP AND
SAID I'M IN.
I WILL DO IT.
IT WAS AMAZING.
THAT SUMMER I HAD THE
HYSTERECTOMY.
HYSTERECTOMY. I HAD EIGHT WEEKS OF RADIATION,
CHEMOTHERAPY.
CHEMOTHERAPY. AND THAT WAS -- FINISHED UP IN
SEPTEMBER, AND IN DECEMBER WE
WERE PUTTING ONE OF OUR EMBRYOS
INTO LORI AND EIGHT MONTHS
LATER LITTLE OLIVER SHOWED UP.
EVER SINCE THEN HE HAS JUST
BEEN A BLESSING AND SO AMAZING.
WE ENDED UP WITH OLIVER AND,
YOU KNOW, IT ALL ENDED UP GREAT
FOR US, AND I WISH THE SAME FOR
EVERYONE ELSE GOING THROUGH
THIS JOURNEY.
THIS JOURNEY. >> WOW.
>> WOW.
>> WOW. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> THAT IS JUST LIFE THROWING
ONE CURVE BALL AFTER THE NEXT.
>> OH, YEAH.
CERVICAL CANCER AND THEN THE
MISCARRIAGE AND YOU FIND OUT
YOU NEED TO DO FERTILITY
TREATMENTS AND WHO IS GOING TO
BE YOUR SURROGATE?
LUCKILY SHE GOT A RESPONSE FROM
AN OLD FRIEND.
>> THAT IS AMADING.
>> AND -- AMAZING.
>> AND BABY OLIVER AND I GOT TO
SPEND TIME WITH THAT FAMILY.
AND SHE SAYS SHE IS FEELING
BETTER.
BETTER.
BETTER. HER STAMINA IS NOT WHERE IT IS
SUPPOSED TO BE.
BUT SHE WAS JUST ABLE TO
COMPLETE AUTO HALF MARATHON
WITH BABY OLIVER.
SO SHE FINISHED AND IN BETTER
TIME THAN SHE THAT SHE WOULD.
-- THOUGHT SHE WOULD.
SO A GREAT SPOT FOR THAT FAMILY
NOW, BUT IT HAS BEEN A HARD
ROAD.
ROAD.
ROAD. >>
ROAD. >> AND THEY'RE BACK IN MONTANA.
>> FROM SEATTLE, BUT