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I needed to try one LAST TIME

Nobody likes to let go of hope, especially when it comes to their dreams of starting a family. But sitting in the doctor’s consulting room in April 2018, with my husband, Bob, then 42, by my side, the fertility doctor’s words were clear. He told me I had just one more IVF attempt left before we should consider giving up. His words cut through me like a knife, but the truth was, after years of failed attempts, lost pregnancies and heartache, deep down, I knew that he was right.

When Bob and I got married in February 2012, we decided to start trying for a baby almost straight away. I hadn’t always dreamed of

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