AHMEDABAD: In 2009, Anurita, 40, flew down from UK to Ahmedabad with lot of hope and two samples of semen of her deceased husband, safely frozen in a container of liquid nitrogen. She desperately wanted to conceive the child of her dear husband. And now, she is expecting!"Anurita came for a second embryo transplant through IVF in February 2011 as her first cycle had failed. She was shattered at that time. This time, she was reluctant to get a pregnancy test done as she feared the disappointment that would come with a negative result. In fact, we had to coax her to get a test done from Ahmedabad and it has come positive. She is finally expecting her deceased husband's child", said Dr Falguni Bavishi of Bavishi Fertility Centre.Anurita, an NRI who works as a civil servant in UK, had married Michael, an engineer of Italian origin, in 2001. In 2006, Michael succumbed to blood cancer. "Michael was an amazing person. He loved me so much that I cannot describe it. After his death, I realized that I just could not love another man. I will love him till death. Hence, I want his child so that I can get my Michael back," Anurita had told TOI on her first visit to Ahmedabad.Anurita's eggs were fertilized with her husband's frozen sperms. The embryo was then transferred to her womb. However, unlike other women undergoing IVF, Anurita had limited semen samples; so, she was desperate to conceive fast. Her husband had left only five samples, of which three were used unsuccessfully on her in hospitals in UK, Turkey and Mumbai.In UK, before initiating chemotherapy, hospitals offer to freeze semen samples as cancer treatment is known to affect fertility of patients."She had come with two samples which we were split into 10. This is the first time that a young woman who has lost her husband has come to us. In fact, after the embryo was transplanted this time, she wanted to go to a church to pray. Her prayers have been answered," said Dr Himanshu Bavishi.(Names have been changed to protect the identities)