A mother who was desperate to give her son a sibling sold her home and business to pay for £25,000 IVF.

Gemma Chalmers, 36, spent a decade trying for her dream family before she finally got pregnant with her son, Kayle, now four.

She and partner John Jones, 37, had both grown up alongside siblings and were desperate for their son to have the same experience.

Last year, after more difficulties getting pregnant naturally, the couple decided it was time to try IVF.

But the partners, from Aberdeen, had to make sacrifices to pay for the procedure, which normally costs £2,000 to £3,000 per cycle.The couple decided to go through with IVF last year when Ms Chalmers suffered her second ectopic pregnancy – when the embryo attaches outside the uterus and cannot grow.

But the couple had to sell their flat and mobile beauty business to raise the £25,000 needed for the procedure.

It all paid off when they welcomed daughter Lilly into the world earlier this year. Ms Chalmers, now a full-time mother, said: 'We desperately wanted a sibling for Kayle.

'He got on so well with his cousins who were a similar age, so we knew he would be great with a little brother or sister too.

'I have two brothers and my partner has a brother as well so we both know how good it is to have siblings.

'John and I wanted Kayle to have someone to play with and fight with - like kids do - as it's a great part of childhood.

'Kayle loves having a little sister and has been protective of her from day one. He was that excited about her arrival, he used to lift my top up in the street to kiss my belly.

'The moment he came to see her in hospital for the first time, he immediately went over to her and asked to hold her. Seeing that moment made all the injections and heartache worthwhile.

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