AMERICA
AMERICA AND IS STILL MORE THAN 1000 MILES FROM THE US-MEXICO
BORDER.
BORDER.
BORDER. >>> ALMOST E+@VERYONE WANTS TO
A PARENT BUT BIOLOGICALLY, NOT
+@ALL OF US CAN.
SO SOMETIMES, IT +@REQUIRES
BREAKING THE BARRIERS.
MEDICALLY AND ON OCCASION,
SOCIALLY.
SOCIALLY.
SOCIALLY. TONIGHT, WE HAVE A STORY THAT
IS HAPPENING IN OUR OWN
BACKYARD.
BACKYARD.
BACKYARD. >> Reporter: TO ANY MOTHER,
THERE IS NO BIGGER BLESSING
THAN A BABY.
>> HE IS OUR MIRACLE BABY.
>> HE IS PERFECT IN EVERY WAY.
>> Reporter: HE HAS TWO DOTING
MOMS.
MOMS.
MOMS. >>
MOMS. >> WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR
HIM.
HIM.
HIM. +@
HIM. WE
HIM. WE JUST SIT AND STARE AT HIM.
>> +@Reporter: THEY MET SIX YEA
AGO, FELL IN LOVE, THEN CAME
MARRIAGE AND THEN DOWN
>> I WANTED TO BE PREGNANT FOR
SO LONG AND SO BAD, I ALWAYS
WANTED TO HAVE A CHILD BUT I
DIDN'T WANT TO CARRY THE CHILD.
>> Reporter: THEY KNOW
WELCOMING THEIR OWN BIOLOGICAL
CHILD WOULD REQUIRE A SPERM
DONOR AND SOME CREATIVITY.
>> US BEING TWO WOMEN WE WERE
LIKE HOW+@ CAN WE+@ MAKE THIS
HAPPEN?
HAPPEN?
HAPPEN? THERE HAS TO BE A WAY.
>> Reporter: TURNS OUT, THERE
IS, A WAY FOR BOTH WOMEN TO
CARRY THE SAME BABY.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE THIS.
>> Reporter: FERTILITY
SPECIALISTS WOULD BE THE FIRST
TO TRY RECIPROCAL IN VITRO
FERTILIZATION.
FERTILIZATION. USING RADICAL TECHNOLOGY TO
GIVE THEM A SHOT AT MOTHERHOOD.
>> HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT?
>> YOU HAD THIS IDEA?
>> WE WERE TALKING ONE NIGHT
AND HOME -- AT HOME AND I SAID
I THINK WE CAN USE THIS FOR SIX
-- SAME-SEX COUPLES.
HE SAID I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT,
I THINK WE COULD.
>> Reporter: THE PROCESS STARTS
LIKE TRADITIONAL IVF.
>> YOU GO THROUGH THE
STIMULATION OF YOUR OVARIES AND
EGG HARBOR'S.
EGG HARBOR'S. MAC INSTEAD OF -- IT HAS BEE+@N
CARRIED OUT FOR SAME-SEX
COUPLES FOR YEAR+@S, THEY GO IN
THE CHAMBER OF THIS DEVICE.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER EGG
RETRIEVAL.
RETRIEVAL. IT IS CALLED AN INFO SO, IT IS
PLACED INTO HER BODY FOR FIVE
DAYS FOR EARLY EMBRYO
DEVELOPMENT TO BEGIN.
>> SHE GOT THE AN UMBRELLA --
EMBRYO OFF TO AN EARLY START,
THEY RETURNED AND REMOVED THE
DEVICE AND EMBRYOS.
>> REPORTER:, NEXT IT IS
ASHLEY'S+@ TURN.
ASHLEY'S+@ TURN. >> ALMOST LIKE PASS+@ING THE
BATON.
BATON.
BATON. >>
BATON. >> THEY EVALUATED HER UTERUS,
THEY PUT ESTROGEN AND
PROGESTERONE AND WAITED FOR THE
RIGHT TIME AND TRANSFERRED HER
WIFE'S EMBRYOS TO HER BODY.
AND WOULD YOU BELIEVE THEY GOT
PREGNANT ON THE FIRST TRY?
>> SHE GOT TO CARRY HIM FOR
FIVE DAYS, A BIG PART OF THE
FERTILIZATION AND I CARRIED HIM
FOR NINE MONTHS.
THAT MADE IT REALLY SPECIAL FOR
THE BOTH OF US, SHE GOT TO BE A
PART OF IT AND I GOT TO BE A
PART OF IT.
>> WHAT YOU SAY TO PEOPLE WHO
WILL INEVITABLY SAY, THIS IS
NOT HOW GOD IN+@TENDED FOR THIN
TO HAPPEN AND THIS IS WRONG.
>> I WOULD RESPECTFULLY
+@
+@ DISAGREE WITH SOMEONE, I THINK
FAMILY, CHILDREN, A LOVING
RELATIONSHIP +@IS EXACTLY THE
THING THAT WAS MEANT TO BE IN
OUR WORLD.
OUR WORLD. >> IT WAS EVERYTHING I HOPED IT
WOULD BE.
WOULD BE.
WOULD BE. >> Reporter: STEPPED IN IS A
HAPPY, HEALTHY FIVE-MONTH-OLD.
BLISS AND ASHLEY ARE BUSY WITH
MOTHERHOOD.
MOTHERHOOD. >> NO ONE KNEW IT WAS POSSIBLE
BUT IT WORKED MAGNIFICENTLY.
>> Reporter: THEY HAVE TWO
ADDITIONAL FROZEN EMBRYOS AND
THEY COULD USE THIS THE SAME
WAY UNLESS ASHLEY WANTS TO USE
HER EGGS, NEXT TIME.
>> I THINK IT OPENS UP A NEW
AVENUE IN CHOICES.