I became a mum at last after sister’s precious gift
A SISTER’S loving gift has made a couple’s dream of starting a family come true.
Julie Wealand, 35, donated her eggs to sibling Lisa Blake, 41. Now Lisa is the proud mother of twin boys.
Lisa and her partner Stephen, 37, both suffer from fertility problems. They spent six years and £7,000 trying in vain to conceive.
After a fourth round of IVF failed the couple, from Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, were told their chances of having a baby was less than fi e per cent unless they found a donor.
Julie volunteered to help by donating her eggs and in December 2013 Lisa became pregnant.
She finally gave birth by caesarean section to healthy sons Joshua and Harrison in July last year.
Lisa said: “Julie has given me the best gift I could ask for, I’ll be forever grateful.”
The new mother, who has been with Stephen for 15 years, said: “We started trying for a baby when I was 34, but after two years we realised something was wrong.
“Doctors couldn’t explain my fertility problems – I just couldn’t get pregnant. My sister had also struggled to conceive so I knew my age wasn’t to blame.
“Growing up, I always dreamed of having at least two children, and there was nothing I wanted more than to be a mum.”
