Meet baby Callum, who was won by his mum and dad in a magazine competition.
Della McGill, 36, and her husband Ryan Cunningham, 39, had struggled with fertility issues for years, denying them the chance of a baby of their own.
But yesterday they were beaming with joy as they showed off their newborn son, who was conceived after a round of IVF treatment at The Fertility Partnership’s Glasgow Centre for Reproductive Medicine (GCRM) – which they won in a competition in fertility magazine IVF Babble.
The competition was launched to mark 40 years of IVF in collaboration with The Fertility Partnership, which donated a round from each of its eight UK clinics.
Callum is the first baby to be born as a result.
The couple, who live in Belfast, were only entitled to one round of IVF on the NHS in Northern Ireland – unlike the three rounds Scots parents can get – and that failed.
Della, originally from West Lothian, said: “We owe the world to GCRM and IVF Babble. We can’t thank them enough, and never will be able to. They have given us perfection.
“We can’t believe Callum is ours – that we don’t have to give him back to anyone. I’m so used to holding someone else’s baby, handing them back. Now it’s me who is being given Callum to take care of, as I know him best.
“We’re looking forward to visiting my family in Scotland, to introduce them to Callum. That includes the amazing team at GCRM Glasgow. We can’t wait to show them what they helped to create for us.”
Callum weighed in on July 11 at a healthy 7lb 12oz.
IVF Babble co-founder Tracey Bambrough said: “We are delighted to hear the news of baby Callum’s safe arrival.”
