A couple in Idaho decided to lighten up their situation by posting parodies of pregnancy announcements. To inject humor to their infertility struggle, the couple thought of making their own "baby announcements."
Whitney & Spencer Blake
"Good Morning Idaho" host Spencer Blake and his wife, Whitney, are trying to get pregnant for four years now. To help out others who are in the same boat, the couple from Idaho decided to make their own "infertility announcements" on their blog.
"Humor has always been one of our coping mechanisms," Spencer tells Us Weekly. Their spoofs have been shared thousand times over. Check out some of their parodies below:
Telegraph UK said that the series of parodies were originally created for Infertility Awareness Week, which is celebrated last week of April. The couple said that they are happy to receive messages from people who were made aware about infertility, they told Buzzfeed. At the time they were trying to conceive, the couple relished on small gestures of support.
"Just the simplest acknowledgement that what we were going through was hard was so appreciated," they wrote. "We were always so grateful when someone took the time to let us know they cared."
Unexplained Infertility
According to Good Morning Idaho, after gruelling numerous tests and procedures, Spencer and Whitney were diagnosed with unexplained infertility in 2011. "The sorrow of infertility was absolutely crushing," Whitney Blake said.
"It used to be such a consuming part of my life. Between the daily doctors' appointments, kits, pills, drugs and tests ... between other people's baby showers and pregnancy announcements ... it's kind of hard to forget, even when you're trying not to dwell," Whitney Blake continued.
Trying to get pass by their infertility problems, the couple decided to adopt two children. Spencer said that adopting has been the greatest thing after all the consuming emotions of infertility. He said that he wouldn't change it for the world. The couple adopted their first son in 2012 and another boy in 2014.
