Looking from my watch to the white plastic test on the table, every second felt like an hour. ‘Come on,’ I urged.
Finally, the time was up and I peeked at the result.
Two lines. Positive. But it wasn't good news. Not in the slightest.
‘I've got COVID!’ I said to my partner Gavin, then 43.
Six months earlier, in March 2021, a very different kind of white stick had given a positive result and we'd been over the moon.
Coming after years of trying and a round of IVF, it was a