A Bristol couple are getting ready to celebrate their first Christmas with their 'miracle' baby. Camelia and Andrew Gay overcame fertility struggles and then life-threatening medical complications before finally welcoming their son Liam into the world.
During pregnancy Camelia fell ill with chronic pancreatitis, and she saw in 2022 at Southmead Hospital at New Year where she said staff "saved my life and my baby’s life too". The pair have now thanked the "amazing" NHS and Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine as they approach Liam's first Christmas and his first birthday shortly afterwards.
Camelia and Andrew were aged 35 and 37 respectively when they married in 2015, and tried to conceive naturally as soon as they tied the knot. By 2017, two years later, there were no signs of a baby despite their attempts to start a family.
