Woman who suffered NINE miscarriages gives birth to healthy baby boy

By Daily Mail Reporter
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This is the miracle baby boy who has brought an end to 17 years of heartbreak for one woman.

After suffering nine miscarriages, nurse Catherine Findlow had almost given up hope of ever becoming a mother.

But thanks to staff at Liverpool Women's Hospital, the 41-year-old's dreams have come true with the arrival of Daniel Robert.

Catherine Findlow who had baby boy after nine miscarriages

Miracle: Proud mother Catherine Findlow, 41, gave birth to Daniel Robert after pioneering treatment to treat 'toxic' cells in her uterus

Mrs Findlow, who lives in Runcorn, first started trying for a family in her twenties.

After splitting with her first husband, her efforts to have children continued when she met and fell in love with second husband Matt in 2000.

As her 40th birthday approached in July last year Mrs Findlow, who has lost ten babies including twins, began to consider being sterilised.

But doctors carrying out pioneering research into the causes of multiple miscarriage at the hospital discovered 'killer' cells in her uterus were destroying her chances of motherhood.

The cells, known as NK cells, protect against cancer and infection, but if there are too many then too much oxygen is produced which can be toxic to an early pregnancy.

Liverpool Women's Hospital is the only place in the country to treat the rare condition with steroids.

Mrs Findlow, who works at Halton Hospital, said: 'The need and desire to be a parent enables you to cope over the years.

'But we both felt we were getting to the stage where we couldn't deal with it any more emotionally.'

Liverpool Women's Hospital where Catherine Findlow had a baby after nine miscarriages

Dreams: Liverpool Women's Hospital, where Mrs Findlow gave birth to Daniel, is the only hospital in the UK to offer the treatment which helped her

Just before Christmas last year, she realised she was pregnant again and was immediately put on medication by consultant obstetrician Dr Siobhan Quenby.

When she was six months' pregnant, the couple started buying baby clothes and at seven months Mrs Findlow said they 'breathed another sign of relief'.

Baby Daniel weighed 5lb when he was delivered by Caesarean section on August 12 at 37 weeks.

The decision to have a Caesarean prevented last-minute tragedy for his elated mother and father.

Mrs Findlow said: 'During the Caesarean we discovered half the placenta had died.

'It was folded in a way it could not be detected on the scans. So we feel doubly lucky Daniel is here.

'All that disappointment and heartache fades into insignificance when you hold your baby in your arms.

'Dr Quenby and Liverpool Women's Hospital have changed our lives completely.'

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