Couple who raised £3,000 for IVF by doing 75 CAR BOOT sales in six months have ‘miracle’ baby boy
Their 'miracle' baby boy was born by emergency C-section
A couple who raised £3,000 towards IVF treatment by selling donated items at car boot sales are now celebrating the birth of their ‘miracle’ baby boy.
Factory workers Kirsty and Kyle Morgan, from Hereford, tried to conceive for three years - but were unsuccessful in their attempts to become parents naturally.
Kirsty and Kyle Morgan with their beautiful baby boy
When their one round of NHS-funded IVF failed, the devastated couple were forced to fork out for IVF treatment.
They were dealt a further blow by the news Kyle, 32, would be unlikely to be able to conceive naturally.
But the determined Kirsty, 27, and partner Kyle, who have been married for four years, took to the car boot circuit in their Renault Megane – and did an impressive 75 sales in six months.
The couple spent their weekends waking at 6am for the first car boot before coming home to re-stock and heading out to an afternoon sale.
They would attend up to three events in the same weekend, and also did jumble sales through the winter.
After finally raising enough cash for a second round of IVF, the couple flew to the Greek capital of Athens, where treatment is cheaper than in the UK, on September 15.
The delighted pair found out Kirsty was pregnant just a week later.
They welcomed their son Aylus James Morgan into the world on May 3 – after he was born by emergency caesarean section at Hereford’s County Hospital.
Announcing the arrival of their ‘car boot baby’ on Facebook, proud dad Kyle wrote: “Well I am overjoyed to announce that me and Kirsty have had a beautiful baby boy.
“He is amazing he is 5lb 6oz he arrived at 7:40am but not before he gave us one last scare.
“Brought Kirsty down this morn at 06:10 as she was cramping all night and being sick so they measured baby heart rate and that was fine then the doc came down and examined Kirsty.
“She was still closed so he did an ultrasound and babies heart rate had dropped so the doc said Kirsty had to have an emergency C-section straight away so Kirsty was put to sleep.
“But baby and mummy are doing fine now and we are both overjoyed but still need to settle on a name.”
He later posted: “Our little man is awesome. Love him and his mum so much”.
In total, the couple raised £4,900 through a combination of car boots and themed events.