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THE SECRET WE FELT WE HAD TO KEEP

‘I had a growing sense of shame’

Sarah Lawrence, 47, lives in Kent with her husband Jim, 49.

When I met Jim through friends in 1995, neither of us was even thinking about kids, but after I stopped taking the pill aged 28, as it was affecting my mental health, my biological clock kicked in practically overnight.

After we got engaged in 2010, when I was 34, we decided to start trying for a baby. I hadn’t fallen pregnant by our wedding the following year, but I was still optimistic. In May 2012, I was thrilled to finally see a positive pregnancy test. Then,

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