West Lothian couple who spent five months in self-imposed lockdown 'devastated' IVF has failed

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A couple who spent the past five months in self-imposed quarantine as they were afraid catching covid would scupper their chances of starting a family after a decade trying for children have received the “devastating” news a last-chance round of IVF through the NHS was unsuccessful.Hannah Bradley, 41, and her husband James, 46, from Livingston, decided to go back into lockdown in April after finding out that they had secured a free round of IVF treatment through the NHS and being diagnosed with “unexplained infertility”.Hannah, who suffers from asthma, was told she could not be placed under conscious sedation and have her eggs removed if she caught covid beforehand and the pair were also concerned that it could have a negative impact on the quality of James’ sperm.So the couple, who started trying for kids 12 years ago, started ordering their food shopping online and only walking their two dogs, Bert and Trixie, when nobody else was around.Last week, on September 19, the couple received the “devastating” news that the procedure had not worked – and no sooner had James returned to the office than he caught covid.They are now looking to raise £15,000 by February on GoFundMe to pay for private treatment.Hannah said of their decision to isolate: “We just did what we were doing during lockdown,“You know, we only went out if we absolutely had to.“Once we knew what IVF cycle we had been put in, we just cut everything out.“We haven’t been able to see any of our friends or family since April.”On their battle to have a child, Hannah kept thinking “it’s going to happen” but when four years passed and there was still no sign of a baby on the horizon, she began to ask questions.“I was probably a bit naive and didn’t think you could