Like many middle class educated professional women, I was unable to find a suitable mate. I spent my 30s pining for Mr Right, so I could get on with creating a family much like the one I grew up in. After some challenging relationships my 40th birthday marked a turning point in my search. I was no longer going to look for “him” I was going to create my own family.
Our story began in 2012 when we decided it was the right time to start a family, at the time I was 27 and my husband 32. We tried on our own for about 10 months then saw our GP to run some basic tests to see if anything obvious was going on that was preventing us from being pregnant.
When my partner and I received the news that we would require medical intervention to start a family, it was devastating. My body did not work in the most natural way it was designed to work. Although I have a loving supportive and committed partner, the guilt and fear I felt was overwhelming.
