妹妹患癌 姐姐替她生下宝宝

 　　With his smiling mother and aunt, this is little Fionan Terry in one of the first portraits of his extraordinary family.

　　这是一张小菲奥南·特里与满面笑容的妈妈和小姨一起拍的第一张照片，记录了他们特殊的一家人。
　　But the happy picture belies 1 the emotional roller-coaster the two sisters have endured to bring him into the world.For not only is Ellie Fairfax his aunt, she is also his surrogate mother – stepping in to carry the baby after her sister learnt treatment for cervical cancer would leave her infertile 2.


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　　但是这张快乐的照片承载了小菲奥南降生前后，姐妹俩起起伏伏的情绪。因为艾丽·费尔法克斯不仅是小菲奥南的小姨，她同时也是他的代理母亲——在得知妹妹患宫颈癌接受治疗后失去无法受孕后，艾丽自告奋勇当代理母亲。
　　Siobhan Terry, 31, longed for another child to make her family complete, but was told she would never be able to give her daughter Saoirse, a brother or sister.
　　西沃恩·特里今年31岁，非常希望能够再生一个小孩使家庭更完整，不幸被告知已失去生育能力，无法为她的女儿西尔莎再生一个弟弟或妹妹。
　　Thanks to the remarkable 3 selflessness of Miss Fairfax, though, she is now the delighted mother of Fionan. He was born three months ago weighing 6lb 4oz after a four-hour labour.
　　还好有非常无私的费尔法克斯小姐，她现在非常开心成为了菲奥南的母亲。三个月前，菲奥南经过4个小时的接生降临人世，出生时体重61磅4盎司。
　　Miss Fairfax said: ‘Although Fionan is biologically mine, from the moment he was conceived to the magical time I held him for the first time, I only ever thought of him as Siobhan’s baby.
　　费尔法克斯小姐说：“虽然菲奥南的生理母亲是我，但是从我怀上他到我第一次抱着他，我脑子里想的是他是西沃恩的孩子。”
　　‘So it was never hard to let him go to her. I just felt relieved when he was born that he was healthy and delighted to see him bring Siobhan and Dean so much joy.’
　　“所以放手让他回到西沃恩那里并不是一件难受的事。在他健健康康地降生后，我觉得如释重负，而且也非常开心可以看到他给西沃恩和迪恩带来这么多快乐。”
　　The sisters, from Beckenham, south-east London, are the eldest 4 of four and have always been close.
　　这对姐妹来自伦敦的东南区贝肯汉姆，是四个兄弟姐妹中排行最大的两个，她们俩的关系一直都很亲密。
　　But their bond grew stronger when Mrs Terry was diagnosed with cancer in December 2012 after a routine smear 5 test.
　　但是在2012年12月份，当特里女士做了子宫例行检查时发现已患上癌症时，姐妹俩的关系变得更加紧密了。
　　She said: ‘Knowing I urgently needed radiotherapy and chemotherapy was devastating 6. But Dean and I had hoped to have a sibling 7 for Saoirse.
　　她说：“当我知道我急需进行放射治疗和化学治疗时，我整个人都崩溃了。但是迪恩和我还是满怀希望能为西尔莎再生一个弟弟或妹妹。”
　　'So it was a double blow when doctors broke the news that saving my life would destroy my eggs and leave my uterus too scarred to carry a baby.’
　　“所以医生告诉我要保住我的性命，将损伤到卵巢，而子宫也会由于创伤无法受孕。”
　　When she told her family the heartbreaking news, her sister, who has no children of her own, instantly volunteered to carry a baby for her.
　　当她告诉家人这个心碎的坏消息时，她没有生过小孩的姐姐，马上自告奋勇愿意代替妹妹再生下一个宝宝。
　　They bought an artificial insemination kit 8 and after two months of trying using Mr Terry’s sperm 9, Miss Fairfax became pregnant.
　　他们买下了一个人工受精的装备，两个月后用特里先生的精子终于使费尔法克斯小姐成功受孕。
　　The sisters are telling their story to raise awareness 10 of cervical cancer.
　　现在姐妹俩正述说着她们的故事来提高公众对宫颈癌的关注度。