Seeing the single line of a negative pregnancy test, I felt a familiar pang of upset and disappointment.
I’d always wanted to be a mum, trying to have kids since I was 20 with my then-partner.
But sadly, it seemed it wasn’t meant to be.
Diagnosed at 14 with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), I knew I would find it hard to conceive.
‘You also need to lose weight,’ doctors had told me.
But this was something I had always struggled with.
Coming from a bigger family, my weight was always a little bigger than the other kids.
But it wasn’t until I was 13, that I started piling more weight on.
My mum Gloria, 67, made every meal from scratch, but I would frequently find extra to snack on.
For me, food was a comfort.
I was bullied
