I should set the scene for you. I’m 30 (ish) and single. I don’t even slightly have babies on my mind at the moment, as many women my age won’t either.
One thing I am very aware of, however, is that fertility shouldn’t be assumed as a given in the future. I do know that someday I’ll probably want a child, and, until watching my friends go through fertility struggles, I have to admit that I always just assumed I’d get pregnant whenever I was ready to.
How naive of me. I started to feel the worry creep in a few months ago, and with it came the questions: what if my body isn’t geared up to carry a baby?
What if my egg supplies are miniscule? So many what-ifs. I started to feel a little powerless not knowing what could be possible for me, and then, over brunch, a friend spoke to me about a health service she’d booked in for: a fertility MOT.
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