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Couple have baby after Facebook group pays for IVF | |
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A couple who underwent IVF treatment paid for by friends from a Facebook group have had a baby girl. | A couple who underwent IVF treatment paid for by friends from a Facebook group have had a baby girl. |
Marisha Chaplin, 26, and Jon Hibbs, 29, who met while undergoing cancer treatment, had already had a daughter through IVF but could not afford a second round. | Marisha Chaplin, 26, and Jon Hibbs, 29, who met while undergoing cancer treatment, had already had a daughter through IVF but could not afford a second round. |
A band of social media mums secretly raised £2,000 for the couple - despite never having met them. | |
Ms Chaplin gave birth to Isla on Saturday via Caesarean section. | Ms Chaplin gave birth to Isla on Saturday via Caesarean section. |
The new mother-of-two, from Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire, said she broke the news to members of the Facebook group as soon as she could. | The new mother-of-two, from Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire, said she broke the news to members of the Facebook group as soon as she could. |
'So grateful' | 'So grateful' |
"I messaged them on the Saturday morning when I was still pretty much out of it from all the drugs I had from the operation," she said. | "I messaged them on the Saturday morning when I was still pretty much out of it from all the drugs I had from the operation," she said. |
"It's amazing, it really is. It's better than we ever imagined and we didn't think we would ever get to this point." | "It's amazing, it really is. It's better than we ever imagined and we didn't think we would ever get to this point." |
She added that Evie, now two and a half, was "absolutely in love with her little sister", and the couple were "so grateful" to those who had donated. | She added that Evie, now two and a half, was "absolutely in love with her little sister", and the couple were "so grateful" to those who had donated. |
The couple met as teenagers in 2007 when Ms Chaplin was having treatment and her future partner Mr Hibbs came in for a check-up. | The couple met as teenagers in 2007 when Ms Chaplin was having treatment and her future partner Mr Hibbs came in for a check-up. |
"I saw him and said to our Clic Sargent worker 'I fancy him' basically, and she said she could give him my MSN address," said Ms Chaplin. | "I saw him and said to our Clic Sargent worker 'I fancy him' basically, and she said she could give him my MSN address," said Ms Chaplin. |
She knew she would have fertility problems due to her cancer treatment so they started trying for a baby when she was 16. | |
"I was told by the time I was 23 my ovaries would give up," she said. | |
"At 16 my gynaecologist said 'You need to try for children sooner rather than later if you want them'." | |
They started IVF using donor eggs when Ms Chaplin was 23 and had Evie in May 2016. | |
She then joined the Facebook group, called May Babies 2016, which was for other mothers who had given birth at the same time. | |
After raising £2,000 last July, members created a video to surprise the couple and played it to them via Facebook Live. | After raising £2,000 last July, members created a video to surprise the couple and played it to them via Facebook Live. |
In the emotional clip, Ms Chaplin starts to cry even before being told they had raised the money. | In the emotional clip, Ms Chaplin starts to cry even before being told they had raised the money. |
The couple used frozen embryos left over from their previous IVF treatment, meaning Evie and Isla are full genetic sisters. | The couple used frozen embryos left over from their previous IVF treatment, meaning Evie and Isla are full genetic sisters. |
"We didn't ever think we had the chance to have another little one and the fact she's here is so surreal," said Ms Chaplin. | "We didn't ever think we had the chance to have another little one and the fact she's here is so surreal," said Ms Chaplin. |
"Even when she came out we were like 'Is that our baby? Is this real?'" | "Even when she came out we were like 'Is that our baby? Is this real?'" |
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