Erik Herrera and his wife, Rebecca, have actually been attempting to conceive for 5 long years. So as soon as their latest attempt at IVF was successful, the Gainesville, Florida dad-to-be says he preferred to offer his wife a pregnancy announcement she would certainly constantly remember.
“as soon as any type of woman goes through infertility treatments, it’s necessary to have actually a sustain network of others for her to lean on, especially throughout the failures,” Herrera told TODAY Parents. “My wife kind of felt a little robbed that she couldn’t have actually a normal, surprise pregnancy announcement. She believed every person knew — that they were either in the sustain network or were praying for us — so I preferred to do something so special that she would certainly nearly forget every one of the past 5 years.”
Herrera scripted a hilarious movie trailer regarding pregnancy for the announcement, titled “Pregnancy: Official Trailer.” And, to mimic the “Honest Trailers” design of movie review, Herrera hired the real voice of Honest Trailers, voiceover actor Jon Bailey, to read through the funny script.
Erik Herrera and his wife, Rebecca, have actually been attempting to conceive for 5 long years. So as soon as their latest attempt at IVF was successful, the Gainesville, Florida dad-to-be says he preferred to offer his wife a pregnancy announcement she would certainly constantly remember.
The trailer begins along with Herrera and his wife in “marriage town,” a spot where grownups can easily rest late, relax, and go out to supper devoid of interruption.
“That is, until every little thing you understand suddenly goes down the fallopian tube,” Bailey says on the voiceover, best to the Herreras announcing they are pregnant.
“My wife kind of felt a little robbed that she couldn’t have actually a normal, surprise pregnancy announcement,” said Herrera. “She believed every person knew — that they were either in the sustain network or were praying for us — so I preferred to do something so special that she would certainly nearly forget every one of the past 5 years.”
The trailer outlines the good, the bad, and the frustrating sections of pregnancy, showing Rebecca skipping a glass of wine, letting strangers touch her belly, and fielding a barrage of unsolicited comments regarding every little thing from her dimension to whether or not she strategies to have actually an epidural.
But, as the trailer concerns a close, viewers are reminded of the pleasant sections of pregnancy — heading to their child on an ultrasound, hearing the baby’s heartbeat, and dreaming of baby’s future with each other as a couple.
“It has actually been a pretty emotional roller coaster for the the 2 of us,” said Herrera. “It’s so difficult as a husband to hear the phone ring, not hear exactly what the individual on the others end is saying, then observe my wife simply damage down in to tears. I preferred to scream to the globe that we were pregnant, and this video was my method of performing that.”
