Couple told they'd never have kids welcome baby son after dad ditches bread
| Published date | 03 August 2021 |
Rachel, 41, has polycistic ovary syndrome while Stephen, 55, suffered a twisted testicle as a teenager that left him with an ultra low sperm count.
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But Rachel gave birth to little Oliver after Stephen ditched bread 10 months ago to combat his diabetes and improve his health.
Proud husband Stephen, from Montgomery, Powys, told Wales Online : "My wife is absolutely ecstatic and I can't stop crying every day. It's just the most incredible feeling."
His diabetes had left him suffering with yeast infections that could reduce his fertility even further, but after ridding his diet of all yeast products, the infections disappeared completely in just two weeks.
Five months after Stephen ditched the bread and pastries, Rachel couldn't believe it when doctors revealed she was 21 weeks pregnant.
The excited couple finally welcomed the baby that they had to wait over two decades for on July 1 and are loving being parents.
Stephen added: "To think that I'm retired from the police and I can now spend every day at home with my baby boy is absolutely out of this world.
"I stopped eating anything with yeast in it in September, just cut it right out. Within two weeks, my infections had ceased, and five months later, my wife was pregnant.
"It's such a wonderful miracle, I want to get it out there and tell people not to give up hope. Everybody is different, our bodies change and you just never know."
When retired policeman Stephen and senior careworker Rachel met back in 2000, both wanted to become parents but their individual health conditions made their dream of children appear to be an impossible one.
Rachel was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome not long after meeting Stephen who had himself undergone an operation that affected his fertility after twisting his testicle when he was 18 years old.
Sadly, Stephen's sperm count was so low that IVF was not a possibility and with ICSI raising the chances of miscarriage, the couple were out of options.
Stephen said: "We were desperate to have children together but when we ran out of options, we just had to accept that we would never be parents.
"It was devastating, but we came to terms with it and still enjoyed our lives together with it being just the two of us.
"We've never taken any fertility pills so...
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