Fertility Road Issue 44 May/June 2018

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FERTILITY 360 Training misarriages ad a etoi regay tat almost too my life e seemed to e ale to mae erfet emryos ses of life i te laoratory wi we tey got ut a iside me dissoled ad disaeared ery dotor we saw was oied tat if we et o tryig it would eetually wor o we did ts ard elaiig te ai of sometig youe eer ad ometig tat was ust a eetatio a dream at most a luster of ells wast dyig e world wast o te erge of a umaitaria disaster eause ouldt ae ildre all it te ai of eer ts symtoms ilude eer feelig lie a real woma eause you at do wat eery oter woma seemigly fids so easy to do eer eig ale to feel ay for someoe we tey aoue teyre regat witout feelig sad for yourself at te same time ad eer seeig someoe elses otos of teir ildre o aeoo witout wisig you ad otos to ost too fertility is rutal t as a souldestroyig effet o your relatiosi wit family frieds olleagues as well as your arter t deimates Taking off your self esteem ad gris you i a fear for your future e tig tat droe me troug so may yles was uite simly te terror tat if ouldt eome a moter wat would my life loo lie as it a life ee wated d lie may wo go troug tis for years suffered i silee uli was a suessful areer woma i riate was o a deserate missio to eome a moter tat eded u ostig oer d alogside did eery add o treatmet you a imagie auuture dietary sulemets teray seeral tyes ee ad a stragers wite lood ells ieted ito my arm ot as ut o amout of moey ould uy me a ay ur eleet roud of was ust efore my rd irtday ree to uality emryos were retured to my wom ll te sigs looed good ut te tey always did or te eleet time dreamed aout my due date aout writig a out of offie sayig was away o materity leae aout mummy meetus ad feedig te dus ut all it resulted i was aoter egatie regay test ad wit it te ed of oe t te same time my relatiosi started to imlode oter little aowledged fat is te imat as o a marriage t destroys your se life ad you start to uestio weter loe a eer e eoug witout a ild at was te momet deided it was time to do sometig differet tougt a o my ildood dreams Picture with Prue. One of the 21 women I met | fertilityroadom | fertilityroadmag | follow us @fertilityroad

FERTILITY 360 The tough swim f ouldt e a moter maye ould ea ael wimmer e oly rolem eig tat it wast sometig d tougt aout for oer tirty years ated eerise ad te old wast ee a ery good swimmer ut after years of roet ay taig o a allege lie te ael to raise moey for families witout ildre ad ildre witout families gae me sometig else to ti aout s my uisig traiig sedule ommeed soo leared tat you eed to ut o weigt to stae off te old is te led to a ew idea at if were to write to a olletio of isirig wome ad as tem to meet ad eat wit me ad aswer te uestio does moterood mae you ay tougt it migt el me deide wat to do et o did ad te resose was oerwelmig rom aroesses to rofessors awardwiers to reordreaers ouseold ames to eole wo ae doe sometig uietly amaig wome from differet wals of life all of wom ad omellig truts to tell aout female fulfillmet ad te meaig of moterood leart aout te differet routes to aretood eyod te iologial adotio fosterig egg doatio ad surrogay ad also tat tere are some wome wo moter i te world witout eer eomig arets met wome wo ad ot ad ildre some y oie some y irumstae ad ee a woma reared to admit tat moterood ad ee a regret e adour of all te wome met was reattaig ad it eame te most lifeaffirmig uest wit a lot of ae t am o te etemer set out from oer i te dar taig te words ad wisdom tat ea of te wome d met ad gie me to te sea or te first few ours was ery si retig ito te water wit te guttural soud of a aimal dyig i ai ts ot a uommo ourree at te start of a ael swim geerally osidered to e rougt o y eres e siess stoed aroud aout te time te ellyfis ega ey are oe of te aards of ael swimmig ad was to fae more of tem ta teyd eer see stigig me all oer my fae ad ody t was lie swimmig troug ellyfis sou ut ee worse was to ome esite all te traiig was still a slow swimmer ad if te tide turs we youre gettig lose to rae te it a tae may ours to lad f ad ow tat swimmig te glis ael was ust lie goig troug maye d eer ae doe it ltimately you ae to aet tat ature is i otrol of your ody ad its also i otrol of te sea ature is igger ta all of us its defiitely igger ta me ut also ad o idea tat swimmig from glad to rae would eome lie my ow ersio of giig irt ours miutes ad seods of laour followed y te most etraordiary euoria tat elised all te ai d doe sometig differet ad life would eer e te same agai essia eur is te autor of e ursuit of oterood ulised ad iles wimmig i sear of te meaig of moterood out rd ay from oud e is also fouder ad diretor of ertility est fertilityfest.co | fertilityroadmag | follow us @fertilityroad fertilityroadom |

FERTILITY 360<br />

The tough swim<br />

f ouldt e a moter maye ould ea<br />

ael wimmer e oly rolem eig<br />

tat it wast sometig d tougt aout for<br />

oer tirty years ated eerise ad te old<br />

wast ee a ery good swimmer ut after<br />

years of roet ay taig o a allege lie<br />

te ael to raise moey for families witout<br />

ildre ad ildre witout families gae me<br />

sometig else to ti aout<br />

s my uisig traiig sedule ommeed<br />

soo leared tat you eed to ut o weigt<br />

to stae off te old is te led to a ew idea<br />

at if were to write to a olletio of isirig<br />

wome ad as tem to meet ad eat wit me<br />

ad aswer te uestio does moterood mae<br />

you ay tougt it migt el me deide<br />

wat to do et<br />

o did ad te resose was oerwelmig<br />

rom aroesses to rofessors awardwiers<br />

to reordreaers ouseold ames to eole<br />

wo ae doe sometig uietly amaig <br />

wome from differet wals of life all of wom<br />

ad omellig truts to tell aout female<br />

fulfillmet ad te meaig of moterood <br />

leart aout te differet routes to aretood<br />

eyod te iologial adotio fosterig egg<br />

doatio ad surrogay ad also tat tere are<br />

some wome wo moter i te world witout<br />

eer eomig arets met wome wo ad<br />

ot ad ildre some y oie some y<br />

irumstae ad ee a woma reared to<br />

admit tat moterood ad ee a regret e<br />

adour of all te wome met was reattaig<br />

ad it eame te most lifeaffirmig uest <br />

wit a lot of ae<br />

t am o te etemer set out<br />

from oer i te dar taig te words ad<br />

wisdom tat ea of te wome d met ad<br />

gie me to te sea or te first few ours <br />

was ery si retig ito te water wit te<br />

guttural soud of a aimal dyig i ai ts<br />

ot a uommo ourree at te start of<br />

a ael swim geerally osidered to e<br />

rougt o y eres e siess stoed<br />

aroud aout te time te ellyfis ega ey<br />

are oe of te aards of ael swimmig<br />

ad was to fae more of tem ta teyd eer<br />

see stigig me all oer my fae ad ody t<br />

was lie swimmig troug ellyfis sou ut<br />

ee worse was to ome esite all te traiig<br />

was still a slow swimmer ad if te tide turs<br />

we youre gettig lose to rae te it a<br />

tae may ours to lad<br />

f ad ow tat swimmig te glis<br />

ael was ust lie goig troug maye<br />

d eer ae doe it ltimately you ae to<br />

aet tat ature is i otrol of your ody ad<br />

its also i otrol of te sea ature is igger<br />

ta all of us its defiitely igger ta me ut<br />

also ad o idea tat swimmig from glad<br />

to rae would eome lie my ow ersio of<br />

giig irt ours miutes ad seods<br />

of laour followed y te most etraordiary<br />

euoria tat elised all te ai d doe<br />

sometig differet ad life would eer e te<br />

same agai<br />

essia eur is te autor<br />

of e ursuit of oterood<br />

ulised ad iles<br />

wimmig i sear of te<br />

meaig of moterood out<br />

rd ay from oud<br />

e is also fouder<br />

ad diretor of ertility est<br />

fertilityfest.co<br />

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