This Couple’s ‘Infertility Announcements’ Are Proving To Be A Hit Online

#1 This is Spencer and Whitney Blake, proud parents of two little boys, from Idaho.

#2 The couple’s road to parenthood wasn’t easy,

After trying for a baby for about a year, they were diagnosed with "unexplained infertility."

So they embarked on a long journey of trying fertility treatments. After three years, they decided to consider adoption to expand their family.

#3 In 2012, they adopted their first son, and adopted another boy in 2014.

"Those boys are our greatest adventure," the pair wrote.

The couple began blogging about their experience with adoption at the suggestion of their agency, and has continued to post updates to inspire other families.

"We share our experience with adoption, particularly open adoption, because we want people to know that it's not something strange, uncommon, or scary," the pair wrote. "It's beautiful."

#4 She said,

When I was at school it seemed like everybody was getting pregnant and producing not just lots of babies, but lots of Facebook/Instagram/Twitter posts about said offspring. When i was 22 i found that i might not be able to produce any mini-me's, I felt pretty sad. And then, as time passed I felt pretty annoyed that I'd spent a lot of my formative years thinking that I was pregnant when I probably wasn't.

#5 I felt happy for the couple, but couldn’t ignore the tiny stabbing reminder of my potential barrenness.

Then later frustrated that every time I logged onto Facebook and saw an excited ultrasound scan post.

#6 I even remember one particularly long procrastination session at uni,

where I worked out that there were 43 babies just from the people in my year. That's a lot of babies on one person's Facebook feed, let me tell you.

#7 Recently, the couple was driving when they began to discuss pregnancy announcements they kept seeing on Instagram and Pinterest.

While they were chatting, they had the idea to create their own "infertility photos."

#8 The pair said they had always used humour to tackle the tough parts of trying for children and hope the photos give people a laugh in hard times.

The couple decided to post the photos on their blog in honor of Infertility Awareness week. They said they had plenty of inspiration from all the creative pregnancy announcements people post online.

#9 The pair said they used humor as a way to cope with the rough parts of infertility.

#10 Their “announcements” are pretty on point.

The photos have received some media attention, and the couple said they are grateful to spread their message in a humorous way.

#11 When they were struggling, even small gestures of support meant a lot to the pair.

#12 The couple said,

"They have also been happy to get messages from people who haven't struggled with infertility, telling them the pictures made them think. Just the simplest acknowledgement that what we were going through was hard was so appreciated."

They wrote," We were always so grateful when someone took the time to let us know they cared."