Family way: Sara, Nicole and baby Tyler
As a same-sex couple, Nicole, 38, and Sara, 40, knew that starting a family would not be easy but they had no idea how difficult and heart-breaking the process would turn out to be for them.
With the help of a friend who offered to donate sperm, the pair inseminated at home every month until after eight months Nicole fell pregnant. “We were ecstatic that finally it had worked and we would have that family we so badly wanted, but after six and a half weeks I started to spot and a scan showed I was miscarrying,” Nicole tells DIVA. Saddened but determined to continue, after a few months Sara and Nicole decided to try again. However, their donor withdrew from the agreement, leaving them “back at square one”.