A FIRST-TIME MUM AT 49

‘STRAIGHT AWAY WE BEGAN TO TRY FOR A BABY’

Sitting in the bathroom, clutching another pregnancy test, I prayed this time would be different. I’d been here before, sitting on the edge of the bath desperately hoping but, time and time again, I’d been disappointed. Three minutes later, that same sinking  feeling hit me once more. After seven years of trying and failing to conceive, I should have been used to it, but the dismay I felt was overwhelming and I broke down in tears.

I was 35 when I knew that I wanted to be a mum. Working as a childminder, I was financially stable and I felt ready to have a baby of my