A WOMAN who was told she would never get pregnant following chemotherapy had a baby after visiting a Hindu fertility god.
Clare McVerry saw the statue of Shiva — also the god of love — on a holiday to India with partner Tony Clarke.
A week later she was pregnant.
Miracle ... Hindu god of fertility Shiva
Doctors say it is a miracle she is a now mum to son Mitchell.
Clare, 41, had breast cancer in her 30s and needed chemotherapy which docs said had left her infertile.
And she has a weak spine after a car crash in her 20s, so medics said it was impossible for her to carry a child.
Clare, of Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, said yesterday: “After I saw Shiva I was filled with a powerful feeling.
“I bought a model statue for my mantelpiece.”
Mitchell was born in December 2007, a healthy 7lb 10oz.
Clare said: “It was the most amazing moment to hold him in my arms.
“When Mitchell grows up I will tell him how special the statue turned out to be.”
Clare’s consultant Dr Simon Bowman said: “He really is a miracle baby.
“But we can’t prescribe visiting a fertility god on the NHS.”
CLARE is supporting Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life 2009. Details at raceforlife.org.