A woman who underwent a life-saving bone marrow transplant that gave her a “0.1 percent” chance of conceiving naturally cried when she discovered she was five-months pregnant with her miracle baby.
Over the previous two years, McKindree Patton Wilson and her husband, Hyrum, had navigated the prospect of IVF through countless appointments, tests and conversations about what the future could hold.
In 2014, when McKindree, from San Tan Valley, Arizona, was 16, she underwent a lifesaving bone marrow transplant after being diagnosed with a rare genetic bone marrow failure called Diamond Blackfan Anemia.
The disease prevents the body from producing red blood cells properly, and, at the time, a bone marrow transplant was the only known cure.
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Though the treatment ultimately saved McKindree’s life, the teenager was left infertile by chemotherapy.
Multiple doctors said McKindree’s chances of conceiving naturally were less than 0.1 percent, and before her transplant, she had frozen her eggs.
After marrying Hyrum in 2020, the couple’s discussions later turned to parenthood, as they knew they wanted a family but also understood the road would likely involve IVF.
Having made the decision to move forward with IVF in January of this year, the couple later signed consent forms to begin fertilizing their frozen eggs.
But not long after signing the forms, McKindree headed to the doctor because she felt like she was constipated and worried it could be a problem linked to her medical history.
The doctor advised her to take a pregnancy test when she got home – and despite seeing numerous positive results on various tests, McKindree, given the chances she had been given, said she still didn’t think they were correct.
The following day, on June 16, she headed to an ultrasound appointment, where the technician showed that she was, in fact, around five months pregnant and had been while completing the IVF paperwork.
A stunned McKindree welled up at the shock of the moment, in a sweet video that she later shared on social media.
She and Hyrum are now expecting a baby boy in November.
McKindree added: “I still didn’t fully believe the tests were accurate.
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“I had spent years being told that natural pregnancy was essentially impossible for me, and I was terrified to let myself get my hopes up.
“The next morning, we went to the ultrasound.
“I told the technician our entire story and was still completely convinced that the pregnancy tests had somehow been wrong—even though I had taken five of them by that point.
“It was the most surreal and shocking moment of our entire lives.
“We never imagined, or even allowed ourselves to believe, that getting pregnant naturally could be a possibility for us.
“So, to find out that I was not only pregnant, but had already been carrying our baby for nearly five months, truly felt like a miracle.
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“We are still trying to wrap our heads around everything.
“After years of being told that this would be impossible, suddenly finding out that it was possible—and that it had actually happened—has been completely overwhelming in the most beautiful way.
“Some days, it still doesn’t feel real that we will be welcoming our baby this fall.
“We are beyond grateful for this unexpected gift and for the opportunity to become parents.
“After everything it took to get here, we truly cannot wait to meet our little one and begin this new chapter of our lives.”
