Parents Sandra and Nick Morgan have a humble headache cure to thank for their baby boy, Finn.

And their remarkable success shows how aspirin may hold the key to parenthood for hundreds of childless couples.

After ten years of trying, Sandra and Nick, both 37, had all but given up hope of having children.Sandra had fallen pregnant twice but miscarried both times.

Tests failed to pinpoint the problem. Then, as a last resort, Dr Fiona Bryce, consultant obstetrician at the Friarage Hospital, in Northallerton, suggested they tried aspirin.

Dr Bryce had read of new work being done by Professor Lesley Reagan, in London, to treat childless couples. Prof Reagan had found that an aspirin a day could dramatically cut the risk of a miscarriage.

And within a month of starting the aspirin treatment, Sandra, of Northallerton, became pregnant.

This week she gave birth to a healthy 7lb 9oz boy who was delivered by Dr Bryce.

Delighted dad Nick admitted: "After trying for so long there wasn't a dry eye in the house when Finn was born. To us it's like a miracle and to think it's all down to aspirin."

Even Dr Bryce said: "It was a very emotional moment."

And now doctors are excited at the breakthrough, as aspirin is far cheaper than fertility treatments.

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