In 2019, married couple Cara Deszcz and Natasha Lee both got pregnant at almost the exact same time via IVF, and ended up delivering their babies just two weeks apart?and right at the onset of the first COVID-19 lock-down announcement. We spoke to the Ottawa couple to find out what that’s been like?and whether they actually planned this!.

On conceiving:
Cara: Early in our relationship, we knew we wanted to start our own family. Natasha conceived through IVF and carried our first child, Alyssa, who’s now three years old. This time around, I really wanted to carry our child. I tried IVF for several months, to no avail. Then Natasha?s named showed up on the provincial IVF waiting list and we both said, “Let?s just try together.” And it worked! Natasha: When we first shared the news to our friends and family, everyone was shocked. They literally couldn?t believe it.
Cara:I gave birth to Aria on March 19, 2020. Natasha gave birth to Easton a couple weeks later, in April. We used sperm donors. The ethnicity of the donor was important to us. I am Polish and Canadian, and Natasha is Chinese, Jamaican and Ukrainian. We wanted to make sure that our donors had a mixture of everything. Aria’s donor is Chinese and Russian, and Easton?s, as well as Alyssa’s donor, is Polish.
 
Natasha (left) with her wife, Cara, and their daughter, Alyssa. Photo: @Renaudphotography18 via Instagram; Courtesy of Cara Deszcz
On simultaneous pregnancies:
Natasha: Be...