"I met the love of my life weeks after falling pregnant and we’re raising him together"

  • 2 years ago
A divorcee who decided to 'go it alone' and have a baby via sperm donor met the love of her life just weeks after falling pregnant and now they're raising her tot together. Georgie King, 31, started the process of fertility treatment alone in January 2021 thinking she was 'never going to find the right person' - after her divorce left her heartbroken. Whilst trying to conceive, Georgie met Maddi Gillow, 29, a hotel manager, on a dating app and the pair started dating. Georgie told Maddi about her plans to have a baby via sperm donor and her new flame was 'completely supportive'. Georgie discovered she was expecting her first child after three months in April 2021 - only three weeks into dating Maddi, who was delighted by the news. Maddi was ‘fully on board’ throughout Georgie’s pregnancy and doted on her - fetching her her 'craving' of frozen coke and driving her around when the mum-to-be experienced morning sickness. Maddi also vowed to raise the baby with Georgie once he or she was born. On 12th December 2021, Georgie gave birth to a baby boy, Bowie, via an emergency c-section at Mater Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, weighing 7lbs. Now, the pair are happily living together and raising baby Bowie, now seven months, as a family. Georgie, a digital marketer from Brisbane, Australia, said: “I was so desperate to become a mum - and was perfectly happy going it alone to have my beautiful boy. "But Maddi came along at just the right moment and hasn’t missed any part of my journey into motherhood. "She's the perfect co-parent and I love raising Bowie together. “The moment I saw Maddi holding my baby, my heart just exploded. “I realised I didn’t want to separate my dating life and new role as a mother, so at that moment I decided I wanted Maddi to be part of the family, and now we fully intend on being together forever.” The pair are currently discussing Maddi adopting Bowie when he is old enough to decide for himself, and the couple are also planning on having more children together. Georgie revealed she had long dreamed of being a parent having been 'motherly' to her two younger sisters growing up. But she was left devastated when her marriage ended, and her dreams of motherhood seemed far off. She said: “I’d wanted to be a mum my whole life. “I had been a big sister and had worked as a nanny for 10 years, so I had gained plenty of experience looking after children. “I always knew that was something I wanted to do but I was just waiting for the right person. “I really thought the only path to motherhood was getting engaged, getting married and then having babies. “So, when I got divorced, I felt like a huge failure and like I was back at square one.” But it wasn’t long before Georgie considered an alternative when talking with a close friend. She said: “I was speaking with my friend one day and I just said: ‘Why don’t I do it myself? I’ve got the experience and the knowledge of what it takes to raise a baby and I’ve got the greatest support network in my family.' “Being gay, I knew I would go through sperm donor and fertility treatment anyway, so it didn’t seem so ridiculous to go through the process on my own - I’m a very independent woman so I knew I could do it. “Once I had that first thought, it really became something I started pursuing so I started the process pretty much straight away.” Georgie then arranged an appointment with her doctor and six weeks later, she started her first round of treatments at the Queensland Fertility Group in North Brisbane. Georgie was presented with a list of 20 donors to choose from, and selected a candidate who had the most similar features to her. She said: “It was a huge mix of emotions - I was just so desperate to get the show underway. “By that point, I’d done the grieving of doing it by myself, so I felt really at peace and was just really excited.” Around the same time, Georgie started dating Maddi who she had matched on a dating app the year prior in January 2020. She said: “When we met before, I told her I was going through a difficult situation with my divorce, so we stopped dating at that point.” But a year later, the pair met for coffee when Georgie was in a ‘very different place’ and was preparing to be inseminated for the first time later that week. She recalled: “We were sitting having our coffees when Maddi said: ‘what’s new with you?' and I replied: ‘Oh, I’m getting pregnant this week.’ “It was hilarious - Maddi was so shocked that she knocked her whole drink over my white dress and shoes. “She was stunned but super supportive and excited for me.” The first attempt at pregnancy was unsuccessful which prompted Georgie to take a month off trying for a baby. She said: “I was just very sad and having been so convinced that it was going to work on the first go, I needed some time off.” During her break, Georgie and Maddi s

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