The woman did not meet the right man and decided to become a single mother at 50
A British woman deliberately decided to become a single mother at 50, gave birth to a daughter and fulfilled an old dream. Her story is published by Metro.
Kelly Clarke said that she always dreamed of a family, but never met the right man from whom she would like to have a child. Shortly before her 50th birthday, she decided to make her dream come true and get pregnant using an in vitro fertilization procedure.
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Since the IVF procedure in the UK costs about 15 thousand pounds (1.5 million rubles), the woman decided to go for a consultation to Athens, where the same service costs about five thousand euros (413 thousand rubles). Four months after the first visit to the doctor, the British woman returned to Greece and successfully underwent the procedure – 12 days after returning home, she found out that she was pregnant.
On March 31, Clark gave birth to a daughter by cesarean section, she named the baby Layla Ray. According to the British woman, at first her parents were against pregnancy, but when the girl was born, everything changed – now the grandparents are happy to spend time with their beloved granddaughter.
Clarke admitted that being a single mother is not easy but she wouldn't change anything. “Laila is just an angel and a dream, I'm incredibly lucky. She is an ideal child, I could not ask for anything more, “she concluded.
Earlier it was reported that 42-year-old Tasha Hughes from Great Britain spent 40 thousand pounds sterling (four million rubles) to create her family dreams without a husband. According to the British woman, she always wanted to be a mother and assumed that until the age of 25 she would meet a man and start a family with him.