Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  He tokorua e tino hiahia ana ki te noho hei matua i hokona ai e rātau a rātau taonga utu nui katoa hei utu i te maimoatanga whakatipu utu nui i te mutunga ka whiwhi te tamaiti o a rātau moemoea - i muri i te wikitoria i tētahi whakataetae. Ko Chris rāua ko Amanda Schlatter, no Nevada, kua 12 tau e whakamatau ana kia hapū, e whakamatau ana ki te hapū māori - i whakamātauria anō e rātau te yoga e whakanui ana i te hua, e whakairi ana ki raro i muri i te whanautanga. Engari i muri i te kitenga i a rātau kua kore he moni i muri i te tekau tau o ngā whakamātautau kāore i angitu, ka wikitoria te tokorua i te whai wāhitanga ki te whai tamariki i roto i tētahi whakataetae i whakahaerehia e tētahi rōpū atawhai IVF - ā, i tēnei wiki ka whakanui i te rā whānau tuarua o tō rātau tama, a Noa. Ko Chris rāua ko Amanda Schlatter, nō Nevada, e whakanui ana i te rā whānau tuarua o tō rāua tama a Noa i tēnei wiki. Ko Noa, i whakaahuatia i runga i te pikitia, i whanau i muri i te tuhi a Chris i tetahi tono ngakau nui ki te mahi atawhai Babyquest e whakamarama ana i nga tau o te tokorua o nga pakanga whakatipu. I muri i te tīmatanga i muri i tana haerenga ki tētahi whare haumanu whakatipu i te Hakihea 2009, i kitea e ngā whakamātautau he iti te taumata testosterone o Mr. Schlatter, ā, i tāutuhia e Mrs. Schlatter he mate endometriosis, he ovary polycystic me tētahi ngongo fallopian kua katia. I tīmata te tokorua ki te IUI <unk> insemination intrauterine <unk> e pā ana ki te wehe i te pūmua tere haere me te whakanoho i a rātau ki te kopu. Ko te tikanga o te maimoatanga utu nui i akina ai raua ki te hoko taonga i roto i to raua kaainga ki te utu i te $ 10,000 (£ 6000). 'Kua tino hiahia matou ki te hapu i hokona e matou nga mea katoa o te uara i roto i to matou whare, ki te utu i te IUI,' ka mea a Mrs Schlatter, 30, Ko Amanda rāua ko Chris i te rā o tō rā marena: 'I taku marena i taku wahine, ko taku whakaaro kia hoatu e au te ao ki a ia, engari i te mea kua mohio mātou ki te pakanga' i kī a Chris i roto i tana reta toa. Maui: Ko te tokorua i to raua tutaki tuatahi; Matau: I whakaahuahia tata nei me Noa i a ia e rua tau ana. 'I ia maimoatanga, i tumanako ahau ka hapū mātou. A, i te wā ka hē tētahi, ka whakawhirinaki mātou ki tētahi atu. Engari e ono ngā whakamātautau i mahia e mātou, ā, kāore i angitu. 'Kua kite taku wahine me ahau i nga mamae engari kaore he mea nui atu i te mea e pa ana ki a maatau inaianei. 'I ngā marama tuatahi o tō mātou hononga...
Ko Chris rāua ko Amanda Schlatter nō Nevada i whakamātau i te āhua o te taiao mō ngā tau e waru. Kātahi ka hokona e rātau a rātau taonga katoa hei utu i te maimoatanga IUI. I kī a Chris, 34, rāua ko Amanda, 30, ko te IVF anake te tūmanako - engari kāore he moni. I uru atu tētahi tokorua ki tētahi whakataetae i whakahaerehia e tētahi rōpū atawhai IVF kia wikitoria i te maimoatanga. Ko te reta a Chris e pā ana ki to rātau pakanga, i whakawātea i ētahi atu kaitono. Kotahi tau i muri mai, i te Poutu-te-rangi 2013, i whanau ta raua tama a Noa.