“I went from being childless to having three kids overnight”
ok.co.ukFaith, 38, from Wales, adopted three children with her husband Stuart after they were told she would not be able to carry a child naturally and here she tells her story... "I'd gone to Norway with my husband on honeymoon to see if I could have IVF because I'd had four traumatic miscarriages at 12 weeks and while we were over there, I was told I had thyroid issues and polycystic ovary syndrome.
When we discovered I couldn't have kids naturally and carry a child full-term, we didn't want to put ourselves through trying again.
I thought if I had the same experience another time, I wouldn't be able to cope. Having the full stop on that conversation was actually very empowering because hearing I couldn't carry full-term made us say 'ok that's out the picture then'.
It was liberating because it helped us go onto our new dream of adoption and when we came home, we started looking into it. We always knew that we were going to adopt at some point in the future because me and my husband have a heart for children and there are so many out there that need homes and love so it was always part of our plans.
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