A 40-year-old woman who was gifted £10k after her mum and mates rallied around so she could undergo IVF with donor sperm has had a 'miracle' baby. Leigh Cooper, 41, always wanted to have kids and decided to embark on parenthood alone after a break-up with her partner in October 2019.
Her mum, Jacqui Cooper, 69, a retired counsellor, gifted her £3k of her lifesavings and five of her best friends chipped in with the rest of the funds needed for IVF treatment. Leigh fell pregnant after her first round of IVF in Bristol in October 2020, but almost died when she suffered a miscarriage at nine weeks and her body started to shut down due to her oxygen saturation levels being so low.
Despite this ordeal, Leigh was determined to try again at the London Women's Clinic, Bristol, in April 2021. After waiting two menstrual cycles, another embryo transfer worked, and she conceived again - but ''struggled mentally'' throughout the pregnancy after the trauma of her miscarriage.
