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‘Something’s coming out of me!’

Carla Collazo, 39

Dumping yet another negative pregnancy test in the bin, I let out a hefty sigh.

‘We’ll keep trying,’ my boyfriend Francis, then 39, encouraged me.

It was 2019, and after unsuccessfully trying to conceive for eight years, I was convinced that I wasn’t destined to be a mum.

I had been diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) at 16.

It’s a common condition affecting how the ovaries work. Causes heavy periods and excruciating cramps.

‘You may never get pregnant,’ the doctor had warned me.

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