Couples that want kids but are not ready yet may want to consider this

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..just in case  :

A 33-year-old widow who used her late husband's frozen sperm to conceive through IVF describes carrying 'a little person that I'm creating for both of us'

Lauren McGregor knew she would be a single mom eventually. She just hoped her husband Chris would be able to meet their child before he died of brain cancer.

McGregor's husband's diagnosis came early in their relationship, Lauren, 33, told Andrea Syrtash on the podcast, "Pregnantish," but the couple always dreamed of expanding their family if they had the time.

They started to get serious about conceiving at the end of 2019, but by then, Chris' illness had progressed to a point where they decided they had to start the sperm freezing process before he started chemotherapy. The pandemic, looming on the horizon, soon hit, disrupting his care.