Aunt Gives Birth to Twin Nieces
An aunt who stood by her sister as she went through nine miscarriages and a failed in vitro fertilization attempt gave birth to her healthy twin nieces after offering to be a surrogate for her sibling. Lisa Auten, 35, delivered twins Ashlynn and Tierney via Caesarian-section on March 26, PEOPLE reported.
The journey to parenthood for Kayser, of Omaha, Nebraska, and her husband, Court, was littered with heartbreak until they decided to give surrogacy a try. Auten, who watched the couple suffer loss after loss and does not have children of her own, offered to carry a baby for them.
“Nobody knew if I could carry,” Auten told PEOPLE. “But if I could help in any way, I was going to.”
Doctors implanted two embryos in Auten, and six days later Auten held a positive pregnancy test. The sisters, who already considered themselves best friends before the experience, grew even closer throughout Auten’s nine-month pregnancy.
They plan to be open about the surrogacy with the girls, and Auten is very involved in her nieces’ lives.
“I don’t think I could ever put into words what it meant to have my sister as my surrogate,” Kayser told PEOPLE. “She made this journey exciting, beautiful and a lot of fun.”
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