Melissa Hori, Simone Fernandes and Stephanie Larnder are three friends in their 30s whose lives have all been connected – and consumed – by one thing: infertility.
Their stories are vastly different, with the end goal the same. But when they set out to share their experiences in a book, they didn’t know which of them, if any, was going to get the happy ending of motherhood they all hoped for.
To be released later this month, When Sex Isn’t Enough tells how each of the authors has navigated the rollercoaster of their fertility journeys and how it’s deeply affected different areas of their lives.
Individually they have endured cervical cancer, endometriosis, a hysterectomy, IVF, surrogacy and adoption as part of their struggle to have a baby.
Then there was the “torture” of attending baby showers or having people question, “Why haven’t you had kids yet? Don’t wait too long!”
“Infertility affects one in four women, yet it’s still something that many suffer
