‘Something’s coming out of me!’
Jul 29, 2021
3 minutes
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.
Just a
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