TRUE-LIFE
Me and my husband Darren peered closely at the black and white photo in my hands.
‘Our first baby,’ I breathed.
‘Looks like a little pebble,’ Darren replied.
I laughed – it was a perfect nickname.
It was May 2021, and me and Darren, then 35, had been desperate for a family since we'd started dating in our early 20s.
Now, it was happening!
We'd tried naturally for three years with no luck before being offered IVF on the NHS in 2018.
But before we could start a cycle, docs had discovered a 10cm
