Woman’s 20-year dream realised after she was left infertile by menopause in her teens

Louise Gilbert was told that she had gone through menopause as a teenager She spent 30,000 over 20 years in a desperate attempt to become a mother Grueling two decades included failed IVF treatment and three miscarriages But 39-year-old, from Berkshire, saw her dream become reality in July 2012 Baby Sofia was born after the hairdresser flew to specialist clinic in Spain

By Julian Robinson

Published: 06:33 EST, 11 July 2014 | Updated: 08:34 EST, 11 July 2014

She faced 20 years of heart-ache, spent 30,000 and even remortgaged her house refusing to give up hope of becoming a mother.

But cradling her new born daughter in her arms, Louise Gilbert said the two decades of grueling IVF treatment, crippling emotional stress and severe financial strain was a price worth paying.

The 39-year-old, from Sandhurst in Berkshire, was just a teenager when she was told she had already been through the menopause.

In the years to come, she endured the heartbreak of failed IVF treatments, three miscarriages and a divorce.

Louise Gilbert, pictured with her baby Sofia, went through the menopause when she was just a teenager

But she has no regrets and her dream finally became reality two years ago when her daughter Sofia was born.

Mrs Gilbert, a hairdresser, was left devastated when she was told by a doctor in 1994 that she was going through the menopause at an extremely young age.

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Woman's 20-year dream realised after she was left infertile by menopause in her teens