Woman lost nine stone after being told she couldn't adopt a baby
READ MORE: Universal Credit cut sees mum-of-eight living off beans on toast She and Phil even looked into adoption, but Jodie claims she was turned down because of her overweight frame. Desperate to turn her life around, Jodie forked out £8,500 on a private gastric sleeve operation and lost a whopping nine stone - dropping down to 13st 6lbs and slipping into a size 12-14. Just two months after the operation, Jodie fell pregnant naturally and the excited couple welcomed their little girl, Freya Griffiths, on June 17 of this year Leighton hospital in Crewe.