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Author: By Sophie Goodchild, Health Editor
Source: London Evening Standard
A woman who endured a 14-year struggle to have her “miracle” son has been reunited with the doctor who helped her become a mother.
Lucy Fitzpatrick gave birth to Louis on her 40th birthday after seven attempts at IVF, a twin miscarriage and two tries at using surrogates. She finally became pregnant naturally, but then developed serious complications and gave birth prematurely.
The property developer from central London, who is now 47, was helped to have her son by the research centre at St Thomas’ Hospital, funded by baby charity Tommy’s. Last week, she returned with Louis, seven, to thank its head of obstetrics Professor Andy Shennan and his team.
In an interview with the Standard, Mrs Fitzpatrick, who conceived Louis naturally, called for more funding for research into preventing complications during pregnancy.
She said: “My story gives people huge hope. The reason I’m supporting Tommy’s is we…
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