

Ali
Parke said: ‘He’d been feeling unwell for a while before we went to look
at the venues. He’d kept getting terrible headaches, and had shaky
hands and tunnel vision. He’d been for an MRI scan just before we’d gone
on holiday and when we got back, the hospital called him back in for
the results

Mrs Parke
said: ‘We were just numb with shock. The doctors told us that he had
about four to six months left. I just broke down completely. ‘

After
their wedding, the couple discussed the possibility of having children,
and Mrs Parke suggested freezing his sperm so that she could have his
children after he had gone.
She said: ‘I knew that Mike didn’t want to die before becoming a dad, so I thought this would be the best decision.
‘Mike agreed with me. He knew he wouldn’t be around to see his children grow up, but he wanted me to have his children.’
In
December 2010, the couple went to an IVF clinic in Southampton where
they had Mike’s sperm banked. They talked about names and decided on
Charlie if it was going to be a boy.
Mrs
Parke said: ‘I knew we had made the best decision. Shortly afterwards
Mike began chemotherapy treatment which took a terrible toll on his
health.
‘He grew weaker and weaker and he lost his battle for life just four months later. I held his hand as he slipped away.’
Four months later, Mrs Parke had her first attempt at IVF. Two weeks later she discovered she was pregnant.
She
said: ‘It was so emotional to find out I was pregnant. As my tummy grew
I thought of Mike every day, and his little life growing inside me.’
Her son Charlie was born in June 2012, at Bath’s Royal United Hospital, weighing a healthy 5Ib15.
She
said: ‘It was the most amazing moment when he was born. And when I
looked into Charlie’s big blue eyes I had hope for the future.

He
was admitted to hospital five times in his first year with
bronchiolitis, and it was terrifying as each time I thought I was going
to lose him. But he did pull through, thankfully.’
Mrs
Parke then underwent a second IVF attempt last year, but it failed.
Another two attempts failed, and then on her fourth attempt she fell
pregnant again. She gave birth to daughter Isla in April.
She said: ‘Charlie loves his new sister and I know that Mike would be so proud of them both.’
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