‘Twin’ Sisters Born To Two Different Mothers – Eight Weeks And 750 Miles Apart
When 31-year-old Kelsi Pierce and her husband decided they were finally ready to start a family they didn’t anticipate having so many difficulties trying to get pregnant.
Three long years
The couple from Minnesota dealt with a three year struggle to get pregnant, but try as they might, it just wasn’t happening. They even spent all of their savings on everything from surgeries to IVF, where it was discovered that Kelsi had a low ovarian reserve.
As Kelsi went through a successful round of IVF, the bad news continued when she was then told that the lining of her uterus was too thin to carry a pregnancy.
Kelsi tried for two years to thicken her lining, but all her efforts appeared to be in vain.
Three was nothing left to try but adoption or surrogacy. They could afftord neither.
That’s when Kelsi thought about her mum. Lisa had talked again about being a surrogate…so they picked up the phone. It was the call for which Lisa had been desperately waiting.
Rutherford immediately visited her doctor, where she began the process of being medically cleared to serve as a gestational carrier. At 53-years-old, many would assume that she wasn’t fit to carry a child- but unbelievably, she was approved for a transfer at the beginning of this year.
The selfless mom underwent her embryo transfer on Feb. 7, and was almost instantly confirmed pregnant, on Feb. 15.
Meanwhile, Kelsi, who said she had never honestly considered that her mom could carry her baby, was surprised in the best way when she found out the news
. After the news of her mom’s pregnancy, Kelsi finally stopped seeing fertility doctors and taking fertility medications.
Unable to believe her eyes, Kelsi took a second test, which read positive again, before having her pregnancy confirmed by a doctor.
Taking in the happy news after so many years of bad news was a lot to process for Kelsi, who “was crying for a month straight.” Only two months had passed by, but Kelsi and Kyle had gone from having limited options left, to anticipating two children of their very own.
As their baby bumps grew, Kelsi and her mom embraced their pregnancies together, with Rutherford saying, “This pregnancy was awesome. It went off really well.”
The pair shared pregnancy tips and tricks, facetimed each other at doctors appointments, and discussed pregnancy cravings.
At Rutherford’s 36th week appointment, doctors discovered that she had preeclampsia and needed to deliver the baby within 12 hours via C-section. But although baby Everly had some complications during birth, she went on to be a perfect, happy, healthy baby.
Seven weeks and three days later, Kelsi gave birth to big sister Ava.
She’s now basking in the glow of being a first time mom, and although it can be hard, all she has to do is remember where she was this time two years ago, and how her dream to be a mom has finally come true in the best way possible.
We are so happy Kelsi and her husband were finally able to start a family. All thanks to her loving mom and her body finally giving her what she’d wanted for so long.
