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Music id tell me why im waiting12/25/2023 ![]() ![]() Kate went for a body "MOT" - which included a scan to check her fallopian tubes were functioning normally - before contacting the clinic and starting her journey to motherhood. "Nevertheless, it took me until October to summon up the courage to get things started." As Kate was paying for the treatment on her own, she decided to opt for IUI as a cheaper alternative to IVF - one cycle of IUI is typically a quarter of the price of one IVF cycle. Unfortunately, life was still very much affected by Covid restrictions when my 38th birthday rolled around, but by the following year, things were better. "Both of them understood how much I wanted a baby and they’re incredibly supportive. Kate with her baby bump (Image: Kate McElroy / SWNS) I have a very close relationship with my mum, Norma, 69 - who lives nearby - and my sister Clare, 37, who lives in Basingstoke. “I come from a huge family - my dad, Gerard, 69, is one of 12, - so I’ve got lots of cousins and I’ve always loved babies. However, when my 37th birthday arrived, I promised myself that if I was still single in July 2021, when I turned 38, I would go for it. "At that time a friend suggested I consider going it alone, but back then it didn’t feel right. ![]() ![]() Kate, senior marketing manager, from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, said: “I’d always known I wanted a child of my own - so when I found myself without a suitable partner in my mid-thirties, I had a fertility check to ensure I hadn’t already left it too late. Kate is "loving every minute of parenthood" and said she would "do it all over again". Her little boy, Joshua, was born on June 7, 2023, weighing 6lbs 4oz at Gloucester Royal Hospital, Gloucester. The treatment cost £10k and Kate used her savings to pay for it. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. She underwent her first round of intrauterine insemination (IUI) - where sperm is injected directly into the womb - to conceive in February 2022 and fell pregnant on her fourth round. She contacted Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM) to find out about trying and have a baby via sperm donor. Kate McElroy, 39, had always wanted to be a mum and decided if she was still single by her 38th birthday she would go it alone. A new mum who didn't want to keep waiting for Mr Right has welcomed a sperm donor baby. ![]()
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