Simon Webbe’s wife Ayshen was left “shaking” after a doctor “brutally” told her to give up on IVF and “cut her losses”.
Simon Webbe and his wife Ayshen are now parents to two daughters
The 46-year-old Blue star and his partner welcomed their first child – a daughter named Cyan – three years ago after a tough fertility journey and they went through IVF again in a bid to give her a sibling but after several failed cycles and several miscarriages Ayshen, 44, said a doctor told her to give up her dream of becoming a mum again.
She told OK! magazine: “I just hated everything about it [IVF]. I’m sorry to anyone going through IVF, but it ruined me as a person. It broke me, both physically and mentally. I lost myself. I was injecting myself in tears, every day. I was bruised, tired, swollen. It was a horrible experience, only to find out after everything that it didn’t work.
Ayshen went on to explain the stress put pressure on the couple’s marriage but they were determined to keep going until a doctor told them to stop.
She added: “When [Cyan] turned one, that’s when all the miscarriages started. We kept pushing, and it does put a strain on your marriage, but I just wanted to make it happen. Again, I went into panic mode …
“The last doctor I spoke to – and I’m only going by the last one – he actually brutally told me to my face ‘Give up. You’re too old. The eggs won’t take. Go home and enjoy your one child. You’re wasting your time. No one is going to help you over the age of 40. Cut your losses’ I was shaking”.
Simon and Ayshen decided to give up on the fertility treatments and three weeks later they discovered she was pregnant with their second child, daughter Riya, who was born last month.
Simon added of their miracle baby: “I’m a strong believer that stress will make you sick and in a weird way, it [stopping IVF] took the pressure off.
“I still decided to put my energy into believing it would happen. For three weeks afterwards I alkalised my body. I was drinking sea moss and pure coconut water. I stopped drinking, vaping – it takes two. Three weeks later we were pregnant naturally.”
The ‘All Rise’ hitmaker is also dad to another daughter, Alanah Jones, who was born in 1996, from a previous relationship.
