LUCIE Haxby was 19 when she first became pregnant - but didn’t give birth to her first child until this year.

Lucie, 27, of Water Royd Drive, Dodworth, suffered the agony of four miscarriages before she delivered her daughter, Quinn, who is now five months old.

When she had her first miscarriage in 2010 she and husband, George, 30, put it down to bad luck.

But after a second and third miscarriage in 2013, they registered with the doctor to go for tests, which revealed there was nothing wrong with either Lucie or George, a joiner.

After a fourth miscarriage in 2014, the couple decided to go for private medical care in Harley Street, London, where doctors discovered Lucie had cells which were killing the embryos.

To treat the condition, she had to travel to London every month for an IV drip of a substance which coated the rogue cells.

But when she didn’t become pregnant, the couple decided to take a break from trying to have a baby.

To their joy Lucie discovered she was pregnant in May 2017 and baby Quinn was born in January.

Office manager Lucie said they struggled to be excited throughout the pregnancy, having suffered so many times before.

“The first thing I said was is she breathing and then I heard her scream and there was so much joy.

“I think we were waiting for her. I’d do it all ten times again for her,” she said.

This week Lucie and Quinn have been involved in a ‘sensathon’ with a Baby Sensory group in Cawthorne to raise money for Tommy’s, a charity which researches stillbirth and miscarriage.

The Baby Sensory group, which helps young children’s development, is run by Claire Crownshaw, 42, and the fundraising took place over two days in Cawthorne and Penistone.