Baby Born Years After Father's Death
On March 12, 2008 Jamie-Rose Roberts was born. The unsuspecting newborn had no idea how special she really is.
Lisa and James Roberts had dreams of a large family. They had already had a son, Cameron, when James found out that he had cancer. In an attempt to create their large family, James and Lisa decided to freeze James' sperm before he would undergo chemotherapy.
Despite the treatment, the cancer spread and James died in October 2004.
Over the next few years, Lisa thought about the frozen sperm, but couldn't bare having a child without James. Then in February 2007, Lisa was ready for their second child.
Lisa had an egg retrieval which only produced two (2) eggs. James' sperm where injected into the eggs and the wait started. By the next day, there was only one (1) embryo and it was not of good quality. Lisa was given a 20% chance of getting pregnant with the embryo.
The embryo transfer was successful and Lisa had an uncomplicated, normal pregnancy.
When Jamie was born, Lisa says "She was the image of her father." Cameron suggested that his sister be named after their late father. Thus Jamie-Rose is cared for and loved by her mother, brother and watched over by her father.
This is such a warm, feel-good story. I wanted to share it with you.
