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.
We are one in six Canadian couples who struggled with infertility. A subject not many discuss, it’s a world we were never exposed to and a journey we never dreamed we would be on. These last three years of our lives have been the hardest; emotionally and physically.
My husband and I started struggling with infertility issues in 2004. I had been diagnosed with PCOS. I had many issues with ovulating and having periods with this condition so conceiving on our own wasnot working.
