A local director has turned the camera on herself and her partner.

Chelsea McEvoy and James Hektner have been together for five years and have turned to modern medicine to expand their family.

Hektner is an active T6/7 paraplegic and is the president of and they have been trying to have a baby for two years. The couple are making their private struggle public to break the stigma against infertility and being in a chair. The pair, along with their crew, travelled to Vancouver numerous times to the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre.

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The director also co-writes a blog with friend, Samantha Baxter who is married to Shawn who is a T4 incomplete paraplegic. The duo wanted to create something that was focused on the partners because they felt everything on the internet was focused on the person in the chair. When searching online they couldn91裸聊视频檛 find the advice they were looking for to make sure their relationships flourished.

91裸聊视频淲e wouldn91裸聊视频檛 want to share these very intimate and personal stories about ourselves without wanting to educate people. I personally don91裸聊视频檛 like writing about my personal life, but if it91裸聊视频檚 going to break the stigma for someone else, I mean if I91裸聊视频檓 not going to, who is?91裸聊视频� said McEvoy.

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Now they have readers all over the world and a group of friends they meet with regularly called a Wheel Love Wind Down where more than 10 women, all with partners in chairs get together, trade stories, tips and tricks.

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Through all of these different portals, McEvoy hopes that through the stigma against people that use wheelchairs will dissipate.

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The most common misconception McEvoy experiences when she and Hektner are together is that people assume she is his caregiver or that she is doing him a favour by dating him.

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To create a more dynamic documentary, McEvoy is also turning the camera onto her friends relationships. Interviewing them about their lives and raising children together.

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91裸聊视频淚 only want one (child) but my friends have multiples where their partner is in a chair. That is one part I am really excited to bring into the film as well. They are kind of the narrator to our story and I am learning so much from them,91裸聊视频� said McEvoy.

Hearing her friend91裸聊视频檚 stories on camera has settled any nerves that she has about having a child, their lives have shown her that it is 100 per cent possible to have a loving and long marriage with children with Hektner.

91裸聊视频淚 have fears and James has fears, but they may not be different than any parent. Everyone has fears, able-bodied or not. We are all going on the same journey, I have learned there is no manual to having children. We are all winging it,91裸聊视频� said McEvoy.

The documentary is set to be released in Spring 2019.

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