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In the time we were waiting it really hit home that I couldn’t give Paul the one most natural thing a women can do (conceive). I began to feel very low in myself and started to push Paul away. Paul soon reassured me and we built up our hopes of it working together.
In 2006, after even more tests and setbacks, we started our first cycle of IVF. It was a textbook cycle, which worked first time and we were so happy that our dreams had been answeredansweredhttp[[://www.wikimum.co.uk/index.php?title=File:Kerry_27_wks_with_jake.jpg]]. The pregnancy went well until 34 weeks when I went into sudden onset labour, but gave birth to a very healthy baby boy. We were kept in hospital for a week before being able to bring him home.
Over the next couple of years we enjoyed our son together and loved being parents. However, it was very hard for me as I was diagnosed with PND when he was 7 months old and without any real support from anyone I was left to get on with it. Even so, our son hit all his milestones on time and was a real bundle of joy, always smiling and just a pleasure to be around.