Vegas Baby!

I'm gonna give you some medicine

to get you relaxed.

A couple margaritas are going to take you to Cancun, OK?

OK?

Yeah.

OK.

All right.

I never pictured that is what

it would take to have a family, but it's worth every penny.

I'd say the whole thing is way over $200,000.

It's brutal, but-- yeah.

Eventually it will be-- you know, long term, it'll be fine.

This is my special lady.

All right, I'm gonna hold on to your hand

while you go to sleep.

And you're my man.

I'm your man.

Yeah.

That's an honor.

Just God and--

just God and you.

Thank you so much.

I'm hoping to try to get five or six good eggs

for you that are mature.

OK.

OK.

Here we go.

OK, fire.

Opening.

I got four from the first tube.

Five, six.

IVF is very expensive.

A single cycle of IVF, $12,000.

The medications could be another $5,000.

Now you've got to travel here.

So let's just round up and say, imagine one of these cycles

costs somebody $20,000.

Now, if we're out looking for a car, or a boat,

or things like that, we pretty much

know that that's collateral, and I can finance that.

Now imagine I sent you into that car lot,

and you've got a 50/50 shot somebody's

giving you a set of car keys.

But we are taking your $20,000.

Would you even gamble on something like that?

You wouldn't even gamble on something like that.

And that's what they're gambling on.

They're paying for an attempt to try to have a baby.

More than 7 million people struggle with infertility

in this country.

Couples who so desperately want to have a baby,

and just can't do it naturally.

There is almost nothing they would not try.

Well, you've heard of contests to win all kinds of things,

like a cruise, or an iPad.

But have you ever heard of winning a free baby?

The Sher Institute in Las Vegas--

--has a national contest.

A video contest--

--offering free in vitro treatments

to one lucky couple, submitting videos on why they should win.

Hi, I'm Jackie.

Hi, and I'm Kelly.

And we are the Barkers.

We're here today to talk about a little-known

super villain in the super hero community, infertility.

Not being able to have a child of your own

is one of the most soul crushing,

painful, and humiliating things you can ever experience.

We believe--

We believe--

-that we could have a baby.

This is my only option, and it would be a dream come true.

More than anything, I want to be a mom from the beginning.

We hope that you'll consider us for this opportunity.

Please vote for us.

Please vote.

We're asking you to vote for us.

Please vote for us.

Vote for us.

10:00, 10:30, 11, 11:30, 12:00.

No, we had 10 today, nine tomorrow.

Is it 10 today?

10 today, nine tomorrow, 10 on Saturday.

All right.

It's better than having 25 in one day.

Well, we're on a roll, so it really doesn't matter, does it?

We're here to talk about the I Believe contest,

and this year's version.

You know, what we're thinking about doing this year is

hosting the contest on YouTube.

Then once we have our 10 finalists,

that's when we bring the judges in.

The only other way to do it is to let it be judged

completely on the internet.

And I just don't like that.

Can I tell you how much I do not like that?

Do you know what these people went

through to make their videos?

And to have it boil down to something as meaningless

as popular--

We see all that, and we feel that exact sentiment,

but if the true mission of the contest

is to raise awareness for infertility,

and get people to watch these videos who wouldn't watch them

before, the only way we can accomplish that

is by having the open voting on the internet.

The big benefit in you allowing Facebook and YouTube

is strictly for you guys.

Like I said, if I had my way, I would

eliminate that altogether.

We have two goals here.

The first goal we have is to be able to give away

one cycle to needy people, and build awareness in the process.

The second is to build the brand that we are practicing in.

And we need the popular vote, and the exposure

through the popular vote to do number two.

If we don't do number two, then we only have one objective.

And that's altruistic, and it's great,

but that's not how the world works.

Action.

I think I just touched your boob, I'm sorry.

That's OK, you're married to me.

And action!

Cut.

That's great, I love it.

Making a video like this, every frame was very personal.

But we try to keep our sense of humor.

Take three, clapping for sync.

It's a daily struggle.

Hold on, let me start again.

All right.

The script is a struggle.

OK.

I think anyone entering the contest

feels that the stakes are very high.

They probably feel like this is our last hope,

this is our last chance.

My doctor said that the only way that we could get pregnant

was with IVF.

He gave us a 5% chance without it.

But we cannot afford IVF.

This is something people

don't normally talk about.

I'm just in awe of how many people

are struggling with this.

Do I really want to put a video on for everybody to see

my story and know my business?

No.

But we want this.

This is our last chance.

This is a race for a baby.

This is serious.

This is the only thing I cannot provide for my wife.

So I'm praying that you take our lvies into consideration.

They're outing themselves in a very personal manner,

and that takes courage.

There's this kind of shame, and you feel like a failure.

So for me it was a lot easier to come out as a lesbian

than it is to come out as having infertility issues.

I know there's so many stories.

And how can you vote?

I wish I could have put more into this video for her,

but I just found out about this last night.

Please vote.

Please vote for us, and help us fulfil this dream.

- December 20. - Yes.

Life changing.

Yes.

And we want that to be our lives.

Thank you.

Check your focus.

All right, stand by.

Going to camera three.

I work for a Catholic television station.

So for me it was serendipitous that Dr. Sher was

going to do a video contest.

Because everything I've worked for my entire life can now

directly help us achieve our goal in life,

which is to have a child.

The presents.

We gotta put names on them.

In the Mexican culture, getting married and having kids

is an expectation that's just kind

of in the ether the whole time.

But my question is, what does the fox say?

Growing up, you see these family groups.

And I've always dreamt of having my own children.

I'm very grateful that the family is able to get together

and do this every year.

Amen.

Amen.

All right, dig in, folks.

The holidays have always

been very difficult for me.

When I six years old, we were living in Mexico,

and we were struck by a drunk driver.

My two brothers passed away, and my father passed away.

And I think that's why, for me, it's so important

to have a biological child.