Running around after the kids at the childcare centre I worked at, one day this April, I felt a familiar pain spread across my belly.
Not now, I thought, frustrated.
For as long as I can remember, my periods have been extremely painful, and my cycle unpredictably long.
Diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) at 18, it meant that I had a hormonal disorder causing enlarged ovaries with lots of small cysts.
‘You might never have children,’ my doctor said gently.
Sadly, I had loved and lost a few babies to miscarriage