Lesbian couple trolled for looking like ‘mother and son’ reveal they’re raising money for baby essentials after undergoing £9,000 IVF treatment in Cyprus

A same-sex couple who are mistaken for mother and son have shared their financial struggles after revealing they are expecting triplets through IVF.

Lauren Evans, 31, and her wife, Hannah, 29, were viciously trolled when they announced their marriage on social media last year – with people branding the mother-to-be a ‘paedophile’ because of her partner’s youthful looks. 

Now, the couple – who are expecting triplets after undergoing £9,000 IVF treatment in Cyprus –  are raising money for the birth of their children after Hannah was made redundant. 

The Surrey-based newlyweds always knew they wanted to start a family but were shocked when they found out that fertility treatment would cost £21,000 in the UK. 

So, they decided to undergo the procedure abroad but had to tie the knot first so that Hannah, a specialist engineer, wouldn’t have to adopt her own baby.

The couple planned their wedding in just six weeks and got married in August 2024 before jetting off to Cyprus the following month for the treatment that set them back by £9,000. 

Lauren had Hannah’s fertilised eggs implanted in her womb and found out she was pregnant three days later. The pair were shocked to discover they were expecting triplet girls.

But amid exciting news of their pregnancy, Hannah was unexpectedly made redundant, pushing the couple into financial uncertainty and forcing them to raise £3,000 for baby essentials like clothes and bottles ahead of the triplets’ birth. 

Lauren, who works in medical tourism, said: ‘I get called a nonce and a paedophile. People think Hannah is a 10-year-old boy.

‘We get it everywhere we go. It does happen a lot – like when we go food shopping. People try to talk over Hannah.

‘Just because she looks young doesn’t mean she’s not entitled to be loved.’

Lauren and Hannah have been together for two-and-a-half years and wanted to start a family together.

They looked into reciprocal IVF in the UK – which involves taking the eggs from one woman, fertilising them with donor sperm and putting them into the womb of another – but were shocked by the cost.

Lauren said: ‘We went and got quoted in the UK and with everything it was £21,000. It’s ridiculous.’

Fortunately, Lauren works with a health company in Turkey called Prime Health Concept, where she managed to find a more budget-friendly option. 

The mother-to-be snagged an IVF package, specially designed for sam-sex couples, for £9,000 including all the treatments and flights.

Lauren – who already two children, aged 10 and nine, from a previous relationship – opted to carry the children, so that they could be Hannah’s biological children. 

‘That way we could both be involved and she didn’t want to carry,’ she explained.

Before making the journey to Cyprus, the pair were keen to tie the knot and rushed to arrange a speedy ceremony. 

Lauren said: ‘Me and Hannah had to be married prior to conception. Otherwise Hannah would have had to adopt her own baby.

‘We did the wedding in six weeks.’

The couple then flew to Northern Cyprus in September 2024 and had their embryo transfer on 18 September.

The couple had chosen a donor from the international sperm bank who looked similar to Lauren. 

‘There was a 75 per cent chance one would stick,’ Lauren explained. ‘I got my first positive three days later.’ 

The couple say twins do run in the family but they were not expecting the news at their six-week scan.

‘They could see two and needed to do an internal scan. They did the internal scan and could see viable babies. Hannah’s face dropped.

‘We’re very excited,’ she enthused.

But the couple are now raising money to fund items for their triplet girls after Hannah was unexpectedly made redundant in January 2025.

The pair hope to raise £3,000 for baby items and their travel and accommodation for when the triplets arrive in June.

When the time comes for the pair to welcome their three babies, Lauren will have a scheduled C-section as she has been labelled a high-risk pregnancy.

The mother is due to deliver the babies via C-section at 34 weeks – though the pair are fearful they could come even earlier and are saving up as much as they can.

Lauren said: ‘We’ve had to move back to Hannah’s parents – until we can save for a deposit or for private rent. We’ll need four to five bedrooms.’

On top of their financial worries, the pair have to deal with trolls online and in person mistaking Hannah for a young boy.

‘We went to Boots last week. The lady asked if I had a Boots card and said it would be worth getting one.

‘I said she [Hannah] has one. She said ‘but your little boy can’t be with you all the time’.

‘I said ‘it’s my wife’.’