James and Natalie Lucich and their son, Hunter, support surrogate mother Tiffany Burke as she struggles with nausea and the difficulties of pregnancy.
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James and Natalie's embryos are 5 days old in this photo, posted on the family's blog on April 9.
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Burke shows off her dramatic weight change due to the fertility hormones. "This photo on the left is my body before medications at 150 lbs, and then second photo was taken the day of the second transfer, just a few weeks ago at around 180 lbs (give or take an embryo)," she wrote on the blog.
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Burke tears up as she gets the news that the embryos have stuck: She's pregnant!
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Lucich gives an excited cheer as she hears her sister-in-law's news.
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The ultrasound at 8 weeks shows the Luciches' twins. "Each time I lose my lunch, or as my grandpa used to say, toss my cookies, I know those babies are growing nice and strong inside of me," Burke wrote on the blog.
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Burke and Lucich goof off at a doctor's checkup after finding out they're having twins.
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Burke and the Luciches show off photos of the babies.
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The family shares a laugh after the big reveal. "Laughing so hard we were crying over something, can't remember, probably my hair," Natalie Lucich joked on the blog.
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Burke's husband, Sean, an aspiring filmmaker, is producing a documentary about the family's journey.
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This ultrasound was taken of the twins on August 29.
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Burke, a professional photographer, has done 31 photo shoots and nine weddings during her 24-week pregnancy.
