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GOING SOLO

THE SINGLE MOTHER

‘I COULDN’T LET GO OF MY DREAM’

Fertility coach Mel Johnson, 41, lives in Manchester with her two-year-old daughter, Daisy.

My ideal ‘life plan’ had always been to be married with children by my early 30s. Things didn’t work out that way, though, – and, aged 29, my long-term relationship ended before we could start a family.

I reassured myself that I still had plenty of time if I wanted to have a baby by the age of 35. Sadly, I didn’t meet anyone with whom I wanted to settle down. The closer I

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