A woman tried for years to fulfill her dream of becoming a mother, only to have those hopes dashed time and time again.
Melissa Kayser, 33, was beginning to lose faith after she suffered several miscarriages. When the total reached nine, the pain became so unbearable that Kayser was ready to give up.
After years of IVF and fertility treatments that provided no aid, doctors quietly suggested to Kayser that she consider a surrogate. It wasn’t something she was ready for.
A woman tried for years to fulfill her dream of becoming a mother, only to have those hopes dashed time and time again.
Melissa Kayser, 33, was beginning to lose faith after she suffered several miscarriages. When the total reached nine, the pain became so unbearable that Kayser was ready to give up.
After years of IVF and fertility treatments that provided no aid, doctors quietly suggested to Kayser that she consider a surrogate. It wasn’t something she was ready for.
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Share Source: Kayser (left) and Auten (right) prepare for the procedure.
“I was devastated because you think as women we are literally born to do one thing and that’s to reproduce and when you can’t do that one thing you feel like a failure,” Kayser told Inside Edition. “I didn’t know if I could emotionally handle another woman being able to carry my child.”
But after Kayser’s sister Lisa Auten witnessed the years of struggle and heartbreak, Auten decided it was time to step in.
“I couldn’t stand watching Melissa go through loss after loss,” Auten said. “She hurt so badly and she just wanted a child so bad. If I could help give her a family, then I was going to do it.”
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Auten volunteered to be Melissa’s surrogate and doctors quickly began preparations for the procedure. They advised the sisters that Auten be implanted with two embryos, a standard method that helps ensure at least one will take.
But news quickly came that it wasn’t just one. Twins were on the way.
“I think we were all a little bit shocked. My sister was telling them to count again,” Kayser said. “My sister had a really good pregnancy and very little complications. I got to be at all the ultrasounds and got to feel the babies kick. We did a gender reveal and we tried to make things fun and memorable.”
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Auten gave birth to two healthy baby girls, Tierney and Ashlynn, and Kayser couldn’t be happier or more grateful.
“Every day I am in awe. You hear women say you don’t really know love until you have children. They really do complete me,” Kayser said. “There’s never any words that I can say to thank her for what she did. She gave up a year of her life so that we could have a family. I could never repay.”
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As for children of her own, Auten says that while she loved her pregnancy and loves the girls, she doesn’t have any immediate plans.
“I am just fine being an aunt,” she said.
Quite the aunt, indeed.
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Source: Inside Edition
“I was devastated because you think as women we are literally born to do one thing and that’s to reproduce and when you can’t do that one thing you feel like a failure,” Kayser told Inside Edition. “I didn’t know if I could emotionally handle another woman being able to carry my child.”
But after Kayser’s sister Lisa Auten witnessed the years of struggle and heartbreak, Auten decided it was time to step in.
“I couldn’t stand watching Melissa go through loss after loss,” Auten said. “She hurt so badly and she just wanted a child so bad. If I could help give her a family, then I was going to do it.”
Auten volunteered to be Melissa’s surrogate and doctors quickly began preparations for the procedure. They advised the sisters that Auten be implanted with two embryos, a standard method that helps ensure at least one will take.
But news quickly came that it wasn’t just one. Twins were on the way.
“I think we were all a little bit shocked. My sister was telling them to count again,” Kayser said. “My sister had a really good pregnancy and very little complications. I got to be at all the ultrasounds and got to feel the babies kick. We did a gender reveal and we tried to make things fun and memorable.”
Auten gave birth to two healthy baby girls, Tierney and Ashlynn, and Kayser couldn’t be happier or more grateful.
“Every day I am in awe. You hear women say you don’t really know love until you have children. They really do complete me,” Kayser said. “There’s never any words that I can say to thank her for what she did. She gave up a year of her life so that we could have a family. I could never repay.”
As for children of her own, Auten says that while she loved her pregnancy and loves the girls, she doesn’t have any immediate plans.
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