Couple surprises family with on-air pregnancy announcement


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SALT LAKE CITY — Infertility is often a taboo topic, but it's one that many couples struggle with, including Idaho couple Dave and Lanora Robinson.

Spring is considered a time of renewal, and at Memory Grove the signs are everywhere. On a quiet bench, the Robinsons held a box of memories.

"This is the box that we walked away with," Lanora Robinson said while cradling the small box in her lap.

Inside is all they have left of a child lost too soon.

"We lost our first baby in 2012," she said. "We were told these things just happen."

The thing is, it kept happening.

"They ranged from 20 weeks to six weeks to 15 weeks," she said.

The Robinsons saw specialist after specialist. They believe a condition known as polcsystic ovarion syndrome may be the reason for the miscarriages. It's a condition that can prevent women from carrying to term. It's something especially surprising, because Lenora had successful pregnancies in the past.

"We'd try to not get excited, because you never know how far it's going to go," Dave Robinson said of each new pregnancy.

In the last three years, the Robinsons have had eight miscarriages.

"We kind of quit calling our friends and family telling them we were pregnant," Lanora said.

They both know the despair and isolation that can come with a miscarriage.

"(The hardest part) is to explain we didn't get to keep our baby," Lanora said.

"I wanted to throw in the towel, but Lanora didn't want to," Dave said.

Lanora persisted, and on Friday she shared something for the first time with their families in Utah, all on-air with KSL.

"We are having a baby boy on May 24th of this year, and nobody knows in our families," Lanora said. "We haven't told anybody."

It's a secret the couple say they were able to keep because of the distance they live from their families and a few little white lies.

"It was, 'Ah, she's taking a nap, or she's not feeling well, or she's out with her friends,’ ” Dave said of how he kept family at bay.

And while this may be an unconventional way to spring the news, "I'm glad we're not doing it in person," he added.

"They would probably wring our necks for not telling them for so long," laughed Lanora.

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