Whenever Tia Brown cuddles her child twins, she is reminded to rely her blessings. She by no means thought she would grow to be a mum after being identified with the menopause on the age of 29.

And though she spent virtually £40,000 on fertility therapy and practically died giving delivery to little Mayliah and Kawhi, she wouldn’t have it every other manner.

Tia, 34, mentioned: “Being a mum is the best thing ever. It nearly cost me my life but it has been worth every second to have the twins with us now.”

Tia and her husband Lee, 37, began making an attempt for a household after they bought married in 2018. But it wasn’t till 18 months later that they realised one thing was fallacious.

Skin therapist Tia recalled: “We both went for tests and Lee’s came back fine, but mine showed that my body was going through the menopause at just 29. It was devastating.

“My mum and grandma both had premature menopause but mum had been older than I was when it happened so I didn’t realise it was that.”

The couple had been advised that their most suitable choice was to have IVF therapy immediately however all makes an attempt failed due to Tia’s situation. Devastated, the couple contacted a clinic in Greece for assist in May 2021.

Tia mentioned: “I’d had such an upsetting experience in the UK, I wanted a fresh start – and Greece is one of the leading countries in the world for fertility treatment.”

Medics fertilised donor eggs with Lee’s sperm then medical doctors implanted two embryos to present them a greater likelihood of profitable being pregnant.

Tia and Lee, a pharmacy technician, had been thrilled when weeks later, scans revealed she was carrying twins.

But Tia’s battle to be a mom wasn’t over as she suffered a uncommon situation known as placenta accreta – the place the placenta grows by means of the womb wall.

During a caesarean operation to ship the infants in January 2022, Tia misplaced a staggering 5 pints of blood and developed acute kidney failure.

Tia, from Bristol, went on to wish a hysterectomy in July however is so grateful to have little Mayliah and Kawhi.

“Being a mum to twins now is worth everything we had to go through to get them,” she mentioned. “They are our double miracles.”