'Having 13 miscarriages has brought our dream of parenthood to an end'
As told to Hadley MiddletonJO Halsey, 47, and her husband Mark, 48, from Hull, reveal how after 13 miscarriages their dream of parenthood came to an earth-shattering end.Jo and Mark, who have accepted they will never be parents, at their vow renewalJo says: “Staring at my newborn, Benjamin, in the incubator, I couldn’t believe what was happening. His life was slipping away – and there was nothing I could do about it.
“At our 10-week scan that May, we found out that I was pregnant with twins again, and we named them Benjamin and Oliver. However, a 14-week scan revealed the twins were sharing the same amniotic sac and placenta. They said there wasn’t enough blood flow for Oliver to develop properly, and he was likely to be premature. I was signed off work to rest, and every night I lay awake, worrying endlessly.“I was 28 weeks pregnant when my waters broke.
“Desperate for answers, we started seeing a professor of gynaecology at Hull and East Yorkshire Women and Children’s Hospital. Tests came back clear, but he thought a blood clotting disorder might have caused my miscarriages. In January 2011, I became pregnant again and I was given daily heparin injections to combat the clotting. With each week that passed, our hopes grew.
“I’m 47 now, so my chances of falling pregnant are slim, but we use condoms. If I did get pregnant I’d be excited, even though my body probably wouldn’t let me keep the baby. I still feel like I’ve failed Mark, though I know he would never leave me. It’s hard for us to see friends having kids, but I dote on family members’ babies and my goddaughter Willow, five.
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