Our story began in 2012 when we decided it was the right time to start a family, at the time I was 27 and my husband 32. We tried on our own for about 10 months then saw our GP to run some basic tests to see if anything obvious was going on that was preventing us from being pregnant.
When my partner and I received the news that we would require medical intervention to start a family, it was devastating. My body did not work in the most natural way it was designed to work. Although I have a loving supportive and committed partner, the guilt and fear I felt was overwhelming.
We are one in six Canadian couples who struggled with infertility. A subject not many discuss, it’s a world we were never exposed to and a journey we never dreamed we would be on. These last three years of our lives have been the hardest; emotionally and physically.
