Of
course, it doesn’t matter if you’ve been rocking baby dolls since you were
practically a baby yourself, or if it’s something you’ve just started thinking
about: as this fake sonogram demonstrates, it’s an intensely personal decision.
In
fact, a lot of folks will only share their plans with a few trusted friends and
relatives.
That
way, you don’t have to field questions from everyone you ever met, and you
still have a strong support system, just in case you need your safety net.
When
Aimee Morrisby decided to try to get pregnant, one of the people she confided
in was her beloved sister, Shayna.
And
five years later, when she still wasn’t able to conceive, it was Shayna who
stepped up for her sister and spoke four magical words, “Let’s have a baby.”
Scroll
through below to learn more about Shayna’s beautiful, selfless plan.
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Aimee
Morrisby, pictured above, had spent five long years trying to get pregnant
without success.
After
so much time spent trying to conceive without success, Morrisby was trying to
adjust to the possibility she might never be a mom.
Then,
her sister Shayna Wiffen gave her a call out of the blue at 10 o’clock at
night.
When
Morrisby picked up the phone, she found Wiffen on the line, with an incredible
offer: “Let’s have a baby.”
Wiffen,
already the mom of two kids of her own, was ready to get pregnant again, but
not with her own baby.
This
time, she wanted to carry a baby for her sister Aimee, and Aimee’s husband
Jake.
When
Morrisby was growing up, she was diagnosed with a painful bowel disease that
filled her abdomen with scar tissue.
She
didn’t realize the extent of the damage until she went to the doctor for the
pain at age 21, and learned that her uterus might be compromised.
Her
doctor suggested that, if she wanted kids, it would be a good idea to conceive
now, or risk never being able to carry a baby.
The
Morrisbys went through painful round after round of IVF, and suffered four
miscarriages in five years.
A
visit to a digestive specialist revealed that Aimee’s uterus was essentially a
“big ball of scar tissue.”
She
took the new information to her IVF doctor, who realized that her reproductive
system would probably never be able to support a full term pregnancy.
The
Morrisbys had just begun to make their peace with Aimee’s diagnosis when Shayna
made her incredible offer.
After
making sure her sister really wanted to do this, Aimee immediately accepted the
offer.
Shayna
was impregnated with one of the embryos from her sister’s IVF treatments.
For
the next nine months, Aimee’s little one grew bigger and stronger in Shayna’s
womb.
The
sisters were together every step of the way, and both women’s husbands were
nothing but supportive throughout the process.
When
Shayna began her water birth, Aimee was right beside her, holding her hand and
helping her to bring her precious daughter into the world.
Shayna
delivered a perfect little girl, and her brother-in-law, Jake, immediately
stepped up to cut the cord.
Shayna
nestled the beautiful baby for just a few moments before handing her off to Mom
and Dad.
They
christened her Francesca Louise Morrisby, and today, she’s a happy, bouncing
seven-month-old.
For
both sisters, it was a truly incredible experience to share Francesca’s birth
on such a profound level.
And
for Aimee, it gave her a powerful piece of advice for other women struggling to
conceive.
As
she explain to the Daily Mail: “My biggest advice to mothers that are pushing
themselves to the brink is that it is OK to stop trying in your own body. At
the end of the day there is no way my own daughter would be as happy and
healthy if I had given birth to her.”
Are
you stunned by Shayna and Aimee’s powerful bond of sisterhood? See more of
their birth story in the video below and SHARE with all the mamas you know!
Source : littlethings.com