A woman has told of her heartbreak after she was denied IVF funding due to the fact her husband already has children.
Kelsey and Jack had dreamt of having children together but had sadly fought a number harrowing miscarriages over the course of their four year marriage.
The couple tragically experiences nine miscarriages and were told last Christmas their only hope was to try IVF treatment.
However, our sister titles The Mirror and Leicestershire Live report how they were unable to secure the necessary funding.
NHS rules state that because Jack has a son and daughter already they will have to pay for the fertility treatment themselves.
Kelsey, 31, told Leicestershire Live: "I love Jack's son and daughter to bits and would do anything for them but I'm not their mum. They have a mum.
"It's heartbreaking to be told I am not childless. I don't have children. I have appealed the decision but they just sent me a copy of their guidelines.
"It feels worse because of everything we've been through."
Since they started trying for a family in October 2017 Kelsey has had numerous miscarriages and a rare ectopic and heterotopic twin pregnancy, which resulted in emergency surgery to remove one of Kelseys fallopian tubes as well as the unborn children.
Kelsey then received a diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome, further reducing her chances of being able to conceive naturally.
The NHS receptionist said: "We will have to fund it all ourselves and it's going to be about £15,000.
"But we want to have a child of our own to add to our family."
All they need is enough money in the bank to have confidence they will be able to complete the process and they have set up a GoFundMe page asking for £2,500 to get them started.
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