STRANGERS GAVE US THEIR BABY
When the doctor couldn’t look us in the eye during an appointment in summer 2017, I knew it wasn’t good news. ‘The embryos haven’t survived,’ he confirmed apologetically. It was a devastating blow to me and my husband Chris, then 35.
Chris and I had been trying to have a baby for nine months, but despite monitoring my ovulation cycle to increase our chances, month after month we’d see the same negative result.
‘Why isn’t it happening for us?’ I’d cried to Chris.
Convinced something was wrong, I booked to see a doctor in March 2017. Tests revealed problems with my fallopian tubes, and my ovaries weren’t functioning as
