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We couldn’t have kids SO WE ADOPTED SIX!

Lisa Catton, 35, Goodna, Qld

Scrolling through Facebook one day, it seemed like everyone I knew was posting baby announcements.

Why can’t it be me? I cried.

After tying the knot with my soulmate, Nathan, in June 2008, we’d started trying for a family right away. But two years on, we’d still had no luck.

Then aged just 24, I was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and endometriosis, where tissue that normally lines the womb grows outside it.

It meant my ability to conceive would be hard.

‘If you

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