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Floren Blake is an "absolute miracle" to her mother, a "feisty little character" to her father, and, at just under two months old, a "twin" to five-year-old brother Reuben.
Even the clinicians who delivered the baby girl in November last year were "blown away" and "ecstatic", said her 38-year-old mother, Jody Blake, as the family shared the excitement brought about by advances in fertility treatment over the past 20 years.
Her two children were born from the same group of embryos – Floren from one that spent five years in a freezer and a change of premises. "It does feel quite surreal. I think people are really, really surprised and it almost takes people a few minutes to get their heads around it. We obviously had nine months to get it straight and to think, 'Gosh we are having Reuben's twin,' but it is incredibly special," said Mrs Blake, a programmes manager for children's charity WellChild.
When she and her husband, Simon, told the operating theatre team delivering Floren by caesarean section, "they were saying, 'We've never had this before,' and they were really excited for us, which made the experience really special".
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Interesting read.
Even the clinicians who delivered the baby girl in November last year were "blown away" and "ecstatic", said her 38-year-old mother, Jody Blake, as the family shared the excitement brought about by advances in fertility treatment over the past 20 years.
Her two children were born from the same group of embryos – Floren from one that spent five years in a freezer and a change of premises. "It does feel quite surreal. I think people are really, really surprised and it almost takes people a few minutes to get their heads around it. We obviously had nine months to get it straight and to think, 'Gosh we are having Reuben's twin,' but it is incredibly special," said Mrs Blake, a programmes manager for children's charity WellChild.
When she and her husband, Simon, told the operating theatre team delivering Floren by caesarean section, "they were saying, 'We've never had this before,' and they were really excited for us, which made the experience really special".
Read more here.
Interesting read.
