IVF. Lin had countless scans, blood tests and dozens of injections. While she was going through yet more procedures, my role was simply finding a parking space, but I worried about the effects on her.
Each time an embryo transfer failed, my sisters would ask, ‘Is she all right?’ Of course, the emotional and physical trauma was Lin’s, but I found the process incredibly painful, though I never admitted this, since it was happening to her body, not mine.
And when I mentioned the IVF treatment to male friends, I focused on the aspects I could spin into comedy to avoid any hint of weakness.During our fourth attempt at IVF, my fertility was finally analysed.
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