A couple have welcomed a pair of IVF twins - born TWO YEARS apart

A couple have welcomed a pair of IVF twins - born TWO YEARS apart

A couple have welcomed a pair of IVF twins - born TWO YEARS apart.

Karen and James Marks had their first child, Cameron, two years ago and have just had their second child, Isabella.

The two youngsters are considered twins as they were conceived on the same day, at the same time through IVF, from the same batch of embryos.

Karen, 33, a full-time mum from Taunton, Somerset, gave birth to Cameron on September 1, 2018.

They they kept the viable embryos frozen so they could add to their family later, and Isabella was born on September 15, this year.

Karen, who is married to company director James, 35, said: "We are delighted to have a boy and a girl, although any healthy baby would have been wonderful for us.

"It means the world to us.

"Some days I think after all the years of trying that I must be dreaming, this can't be my reality that not only do I have one beautiful baby, but two.

"We have our wonderful son, but I've never wanted him to be an only child.

"Cameron absolutely adores her.

He's a super proud big brother and is always asking for cuddles." The couple, who married in 2014, feared they might never have a child of their own after Karen failed to get pregnant and was diagnosed with fertility issues.

Karen said: "We tried for a year to conceive naturally and nothing happened, so we went to the GP and they ran some tests.

"There's no specific reason, I don't ovulate regularly so that's the main thing, but other than that there's no reason - we don't have any conditions.

"We had five embryos made up.

"We've lost one - I miscarried one last year.

"We've got twins.

I will try and have the other two so they could be quadruplets.

"At worst case Cameron will be six when the last one is born, but it could be later - they don't have an expiration date as such.

"It feels pretty crazy to have twins born two years apart.

It's weird - lots of people have said they didn't realise they were twins.

It's bonkers.

"They're not identical twins.

Isabella was almost an identical twin because her embryo split.

"Any of the two remaining could split to be identical twins or triplets themselves, in which case we might end up with sextuplets." Karen was given funding for one round of IVF on the NHS in 2017 at the Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine.

Baby Isabella Grace was born at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, weighing 7lb 4.5oz, and Karen said she never hesitates to tell people her children are IVF babies.

She added: "Infertility never leaves you.

Pregnancy announcements can still be painful, especially when someone has seemingly conceived easily.

"It's a battle and a journey, and while part of me believes there's a reason we had to go through it, we've met so many wonderful people along the way.

"If you've exhausted all other options, then crack on and go for it.

IVF is fine.

Don't put it off or avoid it.

It's the most likely fertility treatment to work, and it did for us." Karen and James's journey may not end with Isabella as they have two remaining frozen embryos at BCRM.

Karen said: "Hopefully we will have more children.

I've always wanted four."

A couple have welcomed a pair of IVF twins - born TWO YEARS apart.

Karen and James Marks had their first child, Cameron, two years ago and have just had their second child, Isabella.

The two youngsters are considered twins as they were conceived on the same day, at the same time through IVF, from the same batch of embryos.

Karen, 33, a full-time mum from Taunton, Somerset, gave birth to Cameron on September 1, 2018.

They they kept the viable embryos frozen so they could add to their family later, and Isabella was born on September 15, this year.

Karen, who is married to company director James, 35, said: "We are delighted to have a boy and a girl, although any healthy baby would have been wonderful for us.

"It means the world to us.

"Some days I think after all the years of trying that I must be dreaming, this can't be my reality that not only do I have one beautiful baby, but two.

"We have our wonderful son, but I've never wanted him to be an only child.

"Cameron absolutely adores her.

He's a super proud big brother and is always asking for cuddles." The couple, who married in 2014, feared they might never have a child of their own after Karen failed to get pregnant and was diagnosed with fertility issues.

Karen said: "We tried for a year to conceive naturally and nothing happened, so we went to the GP and they ran some tests.

"There's no specific reason, I don't ovulate regularly so that's the main thing, but other than that there's no reason - we don't have any conditions.

"We had five embryos made up.

"We've lost one - I miscarried one last year.

"We've got twins.

I will try and have the other two so they could be quadruplets.

"At worst case Cameron will be six when the last one is born, but it could be later - they don't have an expiration date as such.

"It feels pretty crazy to have twins born two years apart.

It's weird - lots of people have said they didn't realise they were twins.

It's bonkers.

"They're not identical twins.

Isabella was almost an identical twin because her embryo split.

"Any of the two remaining could split to be identical twins or triplets themselves, in which case we might end up with sextuplets." Karen was given funding for one round of IVF on the NHS in 2017 at the Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine.

Baby Isabella Grace was born at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, weighing 7lb 4.5oz, and Karen said she never hesitates to tell people her children are IVF babies.

She added: "Infertility never leaves you.

Pregnancy announcements can still be painful, especially when someone has seemingly conceived easily.

"It's a battle and a journey, and while part of me believes there's a reason we had to go through it, we've met so many wonderful people along the way.

"If you've exhausted all other options, then crack on and go for it.

IVF is fine.

Don't put it off or avoid it.

It's the most likely fertility treatment to work, and it did for us." Karen and James's journey may not end with Isabella as they have two remaining frozen embryos at BCRM.

Karen said: "Hopefully we will have more children.

I've always wanted four."