Real life story

What is it like to be on the receiving end of all of the science, the drugs, the procedures? What does it take to put yourself out there, time and time again. What does it feel like to keep investing so much of your emotional and financial resources into something that has little or no guarantee? What does it feel like to be infertile in a fertile world? How does one cope? I’ve done it all. Been there, done that, learnt an enormous amount on the way. I know exactly what it feels like to live in this world.

Tertia Albertyn is a recovering infertile and now mother to twins conceived on her 9th IVF. We will be featuring extracts from her book: So close with you. Watch this space for the next installment.

Friends who live in the computer