The Gills Are Growing, Local High School Sweethearts Have Found A Surrogate
/Josh and Brianna Gill, local high school sweethearts, have found a surrogate and hope to be able to grow their family soon.
Photo courtesy of ‘Growing The Gills’.
When Brianna was 16 she was diagnosed with Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome (MRKH), a condition that affects one in 5000 women. With this diagnosis Brianna learned that she was born without a uterus, though she does have ovaries.
At the time the two had been dating for two years and Brianna thought she should tell Josh right away.
“I always felt like I was going to be with Josh forever and I think that’s why I wanted to tell him right away. I thought he had a right to know that if he wanted kids that would be a challenge for us,” she said in a former interview with PTBOCanada. “I thought if he decided that was too much for him to deal with we could just end things right there, but he was so supportive and he has been by my side ever since.”
The Gills were married in 2018 and began their surrogacy journey in January of 2021. They started their Instagram account ‘Growing The Gills’.
A family friend offered to to be their surrogate, but after two embryo transfers that were unsuccessful it was back to the drawing board for the hopeful parents.
On April 6, the two posted a video to Instagram re-introducing themselves and searching for someone willing to help them complete their family.
That video gained traction on social media and now three months later a candidate for surrogacy has been found.
Jenn, who will be the Gill’s surrogate, came across an article about the couple on Facebook and reached out.
Together, the Gills and Jenn are hoping to complete a transfer this fall, which would mean a baby Gill would arrive sometime in the spring or summer of 2023.
