Babypalooza Summer 2019

They are biological siblings and not twins, although they’ve
Dr. Mottla asked the couple to consider trying one
more time, and the surrogate agreed. She began preparing
her body for another pregnancy.
Meanwhile, Allyson went to Dr. Long for her annual
exam. They discussed putting her on birth control and
decided to perform an ultrasound to check for cysts.
During the ultrasound, the nurse’s eyes filled with
tears. Allyson was startled, wondering if there was a
problem, and then the nurse pointed to the screen.
“Allyson, that flickering is a heartbeat,” the nurse said.
“You’re pregnant.”
The moment, Allyson says, was like “an out-of-body
experience.” After four years of trying with no success,
she was floored to realize she was expecting a baby. And
not only was she expecting, she was also 8 weeks along!
“I had never gotten that far in a pregnancy before,”
Allyson says. “A sense of peace came over me. This
baby was a gift from God, and I felt that God was taking
care of the baby.”
Meanwhile, their surrogate was preparing her body to
receive the couple’s embryo. Allyson and Lewis prayed
about what to do. They ultimately decided that if God’s
plan was to doubly bless them, they’d gratefully accept
that gift.
The day they told their surrogate they were pregnant,
she said through tears, “The day I miscarried, I asked
the elders at church to pray for you. One of the elders
told me he prayed that God would perform a miracle
and give you two babies.” Amazingly, their surrogate
became pregnant.
During Allyson’s pregnancy, the couple gathered
their friends and family at a gender reveal party. They
popped the balloon and blue confetti flew out—
a baby boy!
And then came another surprise … their loved ones
didn’t know their surrogate was also pregnant, so the
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