- Couple who have been struggling to get pregnant for 13 years in vain set to become parents
- The pair are expecting three children after their surrogate conceived a beautiful baby girl and they are expecting twins from their Lindsay's sister who volunteered to be a surrogate
- Their journey to parenthood is characterized by miscarriages, infertility, failed adoption and surrogacy, and a jaw-dropping N173 million in medical bills accumulated over the years
35-year-old Lindsay and her 37-year-old husband Brian Vargas, started their journey to becoming parents about a year after they got married.
Just like any other ordinary young couple, the now famous Nebraska couple was expecting to get pregnant and then have a baby little did they know that the quest for children was going to take them over a decade of painful struggles and a lot of tears.
Lindsay said: “I always longed to become a mother. I often became jealous of pregnant women in my life, even those I saw at the grocery store. Infertility couldn't let me get pregnant like them.”
Lindsay and Brian Vargas. Photo:GoFundMe
The lovely pair tried to get pregnant for 13 years during which they suffered a whopping 15 miscarriages and incurred jaw-dropping Ksh 50 million (N173,000,000) in medical bills accumulated over the years.
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Lindsay's persistent efforts to trigger ovulation came with life-threatening health complications that only contributed further in draining their coffers.
The soon-to-be mother of three said: “My doctor kept increasing the dose beyond the recommended length of time and didn't monitor me. As a result, I developed a softball-sized cyst on my ovaries.”
But even the doctors finally gave up on them. According to Lindsay, the medics said there was nothing more they could do after a last desperate attempt in vitro fertilization ended in yet another miscarriage.
Couple set to be parents of 3 after 13 years of miscarriages and infertility Photo: GoFundMe.
The couple also had multiple failed surrogacy attempts. In addition, many of their efforts to adopt a baby were met with disappointments.
After so much money went down the drain, depleting their savings and retirement accounts without any success, they decided to share their story with GoFundMe , hoping that it will help them raise cash for a final shot at surrogacy.
When her heart-wrenching infertility story went live on GoFundMe, a woman who was touched reached out to Lindsay and Brian. She offered to give them her baby for adoption.
Lindsay said: “A California woman contacted us through the GoFundMe platform and asked if we could adopt her unborn baby and we agreed."
A woman who was touched reached out to Lindsay and Brian. She offered to give them her baby for adoption Photo: YouTube
About three weeks ago, the couple watched as their daughter Henley was being born. Also, Lindsay's sister, Kelly O’Toole, volunteered to be a surrogate. And she is expecting twins.
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She said: “I can’t wait to be with my family soon. It's been a long wait and nothing could make me any happier."
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