Little miracle Baby joy for couple who started IVF on Christmas Day

A PORTISHEAD couple who started IVF last Christmas Day have given birth to a baby boy - after an 11-year-long battle to conceive.

- Emma DUNN

The couple are looking forward to their first Christmas with baby Noah, now 14 weeks

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Helen Delgard, 34, was told she might never conceive naturally when she met husband Stephane, 42, due to a complex medical history.

After years of trying, they sought advice from their GP but when Covid struck everything came to a halt.

Helen was finally able to take her first IVF medication on Christmas day 2024 - after tests and a surgery to unblock her fallopian tubes.

The couple fell pregnant with their son in January 2025 and little Noah was born in September via C-section.

With Noah now 14 weeks old, the couple are celebrating their first Christmas as a family of three.

Helen, a customer account executive, from Portishead, said: "I took my very first IVF meds on Christmas Day last year, and my egg collection took place in mid-January.

"I was really apprehensive, but in the end it was quite a relaxed procedure because the team was so calm and reassuring.

"We had regular updates on every little development. Of the 16 eggs I had removed, 13 matured to the embryo stage, 10 of which developed into 'top quality' blastocysts appropriate for implantation.