Mother tells of her pride over miracle baby

Mother tells of her pride over miracle baby after going through menopause at the age of 28

• Mother was told she had ‘nil chance’ of having a baby after being in menopause
• Jade Pankhurst found she was pregnant but she almost died after giving birth
• She called her baby daughter Mireya – a name meaning ‘miracle’ in Spanish 

When Jade Pankhurst was told she was in the menopause at just 28, her dream of another baby seemed over.

She was told she had ‘nil chance’ of having a baby again and given hormone replacement therapy. 

But a year on she discovered, to her disbelief, she was pregnant. But there was yet more drama to come – she almost died after giving birth when she lost two litres of blood.

When Jade Pankhurst was told she was in the menopause at just 28, her dream of another baby seemed over

Perhaps in light of this, she called her baby daughter Mireya – a name meaning ‘miracle’ in Spanish. 

Mrs Pankhurst, now 30, who lives with yard operative husband Gary, 40, and her children Aaron, nine, and Kaiden, six, in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, said: ‘It was so upsetting to think that I’d gone into the menopause at such a young age when I hadn’t completed my family.’ 

Mrs Pankhurst came off the contraceptive pill when the couple decided they wanted to add to their family. But instead of her cycle returning to normal, she started to suffer from hot flushes.

A year on she discovered, to her disbelief, she was pregnant. But there was yet more drama to come – she almost died after giving birth when she lost two litres of blood

After tests, doctors told her she had premature ovarian failure aged 28. She was put on HRT treatment but in autumn last year she started to feel sick. 

Her monthly cycles, which returned with the HRT, had stopped. She was told to take a pregnancy test, which said she was four weeks pregnant.

Mireya was born in April. But hours after the birth Mrs Pankhurst started haemorrhaging as part of the placenta had been left inside her. She said: ‘I lost two litres of blood and nearly died.’

Now fully recovered, Mrs Pankhurst said: ‘Our family is now complete against all the odds. We still don’t know how it happened and neither do the doctors.’

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