Our £60,000 DESIGNER BABY

Any parent can tell you that having kids will cost you a fortune, and they’re not wrong. You feed them, you clothe them, and that’s before you account for nappies, toys and potential university fees. But what about when you’ve spent £60,000 on your child before you’ve even seen an ultrasound photograph of them growing safely inside your tummy?

That was the reality for my husband, Stephen, and I after we decided to start trying for a baby shortly after we got married in August 2014.

After a diagnosis in his family, Stephen had discovered he was a carrier of cystic fibrosis – an incurable condition that can cause