"It´s been a hell of a journey to get to where we are now."
After Anna and her husband´s third ICSI treatment, Anna became pregnant with twins. Her pregnancy had several complications, including Braxton Hicks contractions, an infection and dramatic swelling of her legs. Anna was induced in her 37th week and although the first twin was born without incident, twin 2´s entrance into the world was much more traumatic. Read Anna's story>>
Beth and her husband have been through four attempts at IVF and are now undergoing their fifth. They have been disappointed by the lack of information about the risks of multiple pregnancy. Following their own research, they have decided that single blastocyst transfer is the way forward for them. Read Beth's story>>
"The financial side of having triplets is crippling… but the reward is three times greater."
Linda found that she was pregnant with triplets after her second stimulated IUI treatment. After a pregnancy in which she suffered from symphysis pubis dysfunction, extreme discomfort and insomnia, she had a C-section at 33 weeks. She now has three healthy daughters but the practical and financial impact is tough! Read Linda's story>>
"Everything seems to take twice as long as it did before (but) the girls are so beautiful and I count my blessings every morning."
After ICSI and a double blastocyst transfer, Lucy´s twin pregnancy was a positive experience and she only had health problems in the final stages. The weeks that followed the birth were very hard work and the twins are an undoubted strain on the finances, but she says the positives far outweigh the negatives. Read Lucy's story>>
"People planning fertility treatment may read this and think, "It´ll never happen to me." But I never thought I would need treatment, and I certainly never imagined that one day I would take time out every weekend to tend my son´s grave."
After a discouraging response to her interest in single embryo transfer, Rachel had a double embryo transfer and became pregnant with twins. Her pregnancy was complicated and traumatic, and she struggled to find explanations for her difficulties and to have her concerns recognised, even during a long hospital stay. Born at 30 weeks, her tiny, very premature twins were vulnerable to infections and a tragic loss was to follow. Read Rachel's story>>