.ABC News spent more than a year following three families on their unique IVF journeys—learning how IVF has redefined the modern family:
"We just decided to be realists and not bankrupt ourselves and put ourselves living in a box on the side of the road for the sake of having a family," Chris said.
Kerri, who resides in Wappingers Falls, New York, with Chris, found Becky and Jim Sykes, a couple in West Virginia who had two male embryos left over from their own IVF process. The Sykes felt their family was complete after having two boys through IVF. "I feel as if like we're having a baby, but we're also adding five members to our family," Chris said.
About two weeks after the doctor placed the second thawed embryo into Kerri’s uterus, the couple took a pregnancy test at the doctor’s office and waited anxiously for the phone to ring. "It almost seemed like this was kind of a shortcut or a substitute. So it didn't really feel like it was my seed," James said. "It took so long for me to get that out of my head, the stigma of it."But after a conversation with their doctor and walking through the science of IVF, James began to understand how the process could help them achieve their dream of conceiving their own biological children.
"We decided to be creative in exploring the different ways we could cover the difference and GoFundMe was one of the best opportunities we have," James said. "I did the best that I could do to be their mom while I could. And, you know, that's what I say to God. I say, 'It hurts. And I miss them and I long for them. But I'm actually really glad that they're with you because that's a better place for them,'" LaTanya said. "And it's hard to say that."
"When I came out [as gay], I just thought that, 'I probably won't get to actually have a child.' I just wasn’t educated in that way," Sarah, 32, said.
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