A heartbroken widow from Ohio welcomed a baby girl a year after her husband’s death, through the use of an embryo the couple created.
Julie Wilson, 36, from Cleveland, Ohio, decided she was ready to become a single mother a year after the loss of her husband, Travis, 45, in February 2019, using embryos fertilized with his sperm during treatment.
The 36-year-old explains her baby girl, Logan, has been an incredible comfort.
Julie and Travis hit it off immediately when they met through work in 2007.
Having always discussed starting a family, they got married in 2012 and began trying for a baby.
Julie said: ‘We made each other better people, we complimented each other perfectly.’
After struggling with fertility issues, Julie fell pregnant in 2016 but unfortunately suffered a miscarriage at 12 weeks.
The devastation that year continued when Travis was diagnosed with terminal serious brain problem after a large tumor was discovered.
After his diagnosis, the couple decided to pursue the IVF process in an attempt to have a baby before he passed away.
They banked his sperm before he began any of his treatments to ensure that it wouldn’t be affected by the treatments.
When Travis breathed one’s last in early 2019, Julie was left with the five embryos they had created – so there was still a chance for her to become a mother to their child.
At Julie’s six-week scan, she found out she was pregnant with twins, but a later check-up revealed that one of the twins had not survived.
On May 9 2020, Julie gave birth to her daughter, Logan.
She says that Logan is the best thing that has happened to her.
Julie has set up an organization in her husband’s name to support other families who are impacted by a brain c_.a_.n_.c_.e_.r diagnosis.
Source:dailymail.co.uk, metro.co.uk
