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An open letter: ‘Infertility… you drowned my heart in agony’

As a whole load of people – some of them now parents and some of them not – will attest, infertility is one of the hardest battles you can fight. It’s physical, it’s emotional – it’s a rollercoaster that consumes and absorbs and feeds into almost every part of your life. And now, one woman […]

8 years ago

Articles by Gillian Fitzpatrick

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