Woman shocks husband with pregnancy news after five years of infertility

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Thursday, May 14, 2015
Doug Price's wife, Brenda, cried tears of joy as she told him that they would be having a child after five years of infertility.
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When Doug Price sat down to film a contest entry with his wife, he had no idea she had an ulterior motive for turning on the camera: She wanted to get his reaction when she told him she was pregnant.

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Price and his wife, Brenda, have been married nearly 10 years and trying to have children for half that time with no luck.

"For the past 5 years of our marriage we have struggled with infertility," he told ABC. "She has undergone surgery as well as trying numerous types of medication and I went through some tests as well. We honestly thought that our window for having children naturally was closing."

But that didn't happen. Brenda got pregnant, and she wanted to get his reaction to the news on video. So she devised a plan to enter a contest and give him the news at the same time.

Since they went to Aruba for their honeymoon, they thought it would be nice to go back and decided to enter a contest by the Aruba Tourism Authority to win a trip there. The contest involved filming the video above, in which Brenda mixes in some of the local language during her request.

"I would love a romantic getaway with mi dushi to Aruba for our baby-moon," she says to the camera.

Then she quickly pulls out a pregnancy test and turns to her husband, saying, "I'm pregnant!"

Doug's face is priceless when she says that. First his jaw drops, then he grins and kisses his wife. He can't stop looking at the pregnancy test as his wife cries happy tears.

Still choked up, his wife says at the end, "I thought this might make a good video."

Doug explained in the video description that he was definitely not expecting the sweet surprise.

"My wife says that she can never surprise me...well she got me pretty good with this one," he wrote.

With 4 million views and counting, it's no surprise that they have heard from many people who were touched by the video.

"We had no idea how many other couples struggled with infertility," Doug told ABC. "We are humbled and reminded that while there is so much hurt in the world, there are also millions of people that want to share in the joys and victories of others, even if they do not personally know them."

In case you were wondering, the sweet video didn't win the contest. The tourism board, though, told them they wished more than one video could win.

"We are totally fine with not winning the trip, we feel that we have won so much more," Doug said. "The reality is that God gave us a miracle and we could not be happier."