It’s not the first place we’d look, but this is an amazing story.
Lisa Marie, 36, wanted desperately to have kids. She and her husband tried every avenue they could think of – sex, intrauterine inseminations and IVF, but nothing worked.
Eventually, the hopeful mother-to-be was told that her eggs were no longer viable.
“At first I felt broken, like less of a woman because my body couldn’t do what it was supposed to do,” she told Redbook Magazine.
So, Lisa Marie took to the internet to find help and support in her difficult time. It was on YouTube that she found a community of women who were struggling with infertility too. So Lisa Marie began her own YouTube blog. She posted videos that captured her crazy and emotionally challenging infertility journey.
Lisa Marie started making friends online. She met one particularly special woman, Kelli in 2012. Initially she found her on YouTube then their friendship moved from Facebook to FaceTime. Lisa Marie learned that while Kelli had three children was very similar to her in many other ways.
"She felt like a younger sister to me," Lisa Marie told Redbook Magazine.
They met in person and their bond strengthened. After Lisa Marie's second failed attempt at IVF they visited Kelli for her son's birthday. Lisa spoke to Kelli about contemplating adoption (Kelli had been adopted herself). On Lisa's return home, Kelli called and offered her eggs for Lisa Marie to have a baby.
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