Couple\u2019s \u2018miracle baby\u2019 conceived thanks to sperm donation just one hour before dad\u2019s first chemoThis Lincoln mother revealed how her partner was diagnosed with stage 4 bile duct cancer, but she refused to let the condition stop them having a baby.Lois Rose\u2019s partner, Liam Bradley, 38, donated his sperm for IVF just one hour before beginning his first chemotherapy treatment \u2013 and now the couple are parents to their \u2018miracle baby\u2019 Birdie.Former supermarket manager Liam was \u2018the fittest\u2019 he had ever been when he was playing golf with friends in March 2025 but started to notice flu-like symptoms.They noticed Liam\u2019s eyeballs had a \u2018yellow tinge\u2019 so he visited Lincoln County Hospital\u2019s A&E.Liam\u2019s bile duct was investigated using a CT scan, which revealed a stricture, and an MRI in April, which showed stage 4 cholangiocarcinoma, commonly called bile duct cancer, with 12 tumours that had spread to his liver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The couple had to wait six weeks for chemotherapy \u2013 but they said this ended up being \u2018a blessing in disguise\u2019 as it gave Liam enough time to \u2018squeeze in\u2019 a sperm donation on the very morning of his first treatment for 30-year-old Lois\u2019s IVF.The pair said they were \u2018amazed\u2019 to hear in October that this first and only donation had been successful and Lois was pregnant with Liam\u2019s baby..\u201cShe sleeps six to seven hours at night, she\u2019s breastfed perfectly from the beginning and she\u2019s really content.\u201dLois met Liam at the gym in December 2024, just four months before Liam was diagnosed with cancer.\u201cIf I didn\u2019t have Lois and Birdie, I think cancer would control my life,\u201d Liam told PA Real Life.\u201cIt would dictate what I do hour by hour, minute by minute and I\u2019d constantly be thinking about it.\u201cBut I\u2019ve got so many happy distractions in my life that I can take control back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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