Louise Warnford, from Swindon, England, tried to become a mother for sixteen years.
She spent about £80,000 on in vitro fertilization using donor eggs (her husband had a vasectomy after having a child with another woman), but none of the attempts were successful - each time Louise lost her baby at the end of the first trimester.
As reported: Fakta.today
According to her, those were the hardest years of her life. Doctors shrugged their shoulders. They didn't understand why her body continued to reject the embryos.
[quote author=""]"Every time I hoped we would succeed, that we would have the full family I always wanted," Louise shares her memories.[/quote
"And every time I lost a baby, my tears had no end."
At forty-seven, fate brought Louise together with the founder and head of the Centre for Reproductive Immunology and Pregnancy, Dr. Hassan Shehata. The woman decided to try again.
"My son William was born at thirty-seven weeks of pregnancy by caesarean section because doctors found out that I had problems with the placenta," Louise says. "I was afraid I would lose him too, but it was worth it."
Now, her son is already a year and a half old and completely healthy.
Louise wants her story to serve as an example for couples who have experienced the loss of a child and started to lose hope.
"We want people to know that everything is possible because, despite many miscarriages, I still became a mother."
Dr. Shehata has his own scientific explanation for what happened to this couple: "Natural killer cells (NK cells) were found in Louise. They are a subtype of white blood cells responsible for the body's defence.
They attack foreign cells that have entered the body, such as viruses. In some women, the program doesn't work correctly, and NK cells receive a signal that the embryo is an invasive enemy and must be destroyed. Due to the attack of these NK cells, spontaneous abortion occurs.
Dr. Shehata admires Louise's courage and determination.
"When I saw that she was willing to do anything to become a mother, I decided that this couple deserved a chance. I am glad that I could help them and be a part of this incredible success."
According to Louise, their family can finally be called complete now. And although she and Mark recently became grandparents, and ten-month-old William is an uncle, they are glad that they were able to realize their dream and have a child together.
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