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Read real life stories from women just like you! Be they women who've struggled to fall pregnant, who've been down the IVF pathway or fallen pregnant without intervention, they've shared their stories to help you.
Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome almost cost Rachel and April their lives.
Twin to twin transfusion has left these identical girls facing very different challenges, but they’ve always got each other’s...more
Could Bridget Jones REALLY have fallen pregnant naturally at 43?
In cinemas around the world, childless women in their late 30s and early 40s who have followed Bridget Jones’s journey since the...more
Male birth control study thwarted because men can't hack the hormones
Women everywhere laugh so hard they spit out their tea / wine. more
The age you have your first baby is influenced by your genes
And you thought it was because your next door neighbour’s baby was cute… more
After my third miscarriage I had to start talking about it
After suffering her third miscarriage, Amy Swales says she wants everyone to know why she was “boring”, “sad”...more
An appointment error saved both our lives
“Cue panic. They’re telling me that my baby might not make it, and there’s a chance I might not either? What?!” more
Woman wins right to conceive late partner’s babies. more
SA fertility clinic blackout made this mum's "last chance" embryos unviable
Kristy Price was in the SA hospital’s car park, just moments before her embryo transfer, when there was a power cut. more
’My son and I were born from the same womb’
Emelie Eriksson has a bond with her son that hardly seems possible: She and her son were born from the same womb. more
When technology knows you're pregnant before you do
This husband took to Reddit with concerns about his wife’s ‘faulty’ Fitbit … and came away with far more...more
IVF egg black market: ‘Money, money, everyone wants money’
They were two desperate, older couples who had exhausted the “traditional” IVF options. more
"Swine flu nearly killed me, and my baby"
When Stacey became unwell during pregnancy her doctor dismissed her concerns. Finally, she was diagnosed with Swine Flu, a condition...more