Alison Woodhead couldn’t have children, so she decided to adopt. She shares her experience of becoming a mother to a five-year-old overnight After a broken engagement in her 20s and two cripplingly expensive, unsuccessful rounds of IVF with donor sperm, charity worker Alison Woodhead, now 54, was forced to give up on the idea of having a biological child.
Though she grieved the loss, adoption was her next step. This is what she’s learnt. You can never prepare for instant motherhood. During a day out on Bournemouth beach, I saw a sparky five-year-old girl in a Minnie Mouse costume running along the sand, laughing and giggling.
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