A couple who were relentlessly trolled after sharing photographs of their wedding day have revealed the eye-watering cost of undergoing IVF - and the fear that has come with it.
Lauren Evens, 31, and Hannah Kaye, 29, married at their local registry office in September and announced in October they are expecting triplets.
"People think I married a schoolboy and am having his children. They are ridiculous and uneducated," Lauren told the US Sun.
The UK-based couple faced a barrage of hurtful online comments after tying the knot, with Lauren falsely accused of being a pedophile because her wife looks so young.
Despite the onslaught of disparaging comments, the happy couple are now expecting triplets through IVF, using Hannah's eggs and a sperm donor, with Lauren carrying the babies.
Lauren and Hannah spent $11,300 on reciprocal IVF, which is a fertility treatment option available for same-sex female couples. In reciprocal IVF, one woman supplies her eggs, which are retrieved and fertilized by donated sperm in IVF. The resulting embryo (or embryos) is implanted into her partner for pregnancy as a gestational carrier.
"They gave us a 75 per cent chance one embryo would stick if we implanted all three embryos," Lauren explained in the video. Miraculously, all three stuck and the couple were delighted to find out they're expecting triplets.
'To reach the three-month mark and all babies to be developing happily is another miracle,' she explained. She added they're 'prepared for anything and hoping for the best possible outcome.'
"Some people said it was cute that my 10-year-old son was walking me down the aisle. Others said it was disgusting that I was kissing a young boy," Lauren said.