Gabi Elgood

Posted on 5 June, 2023 Content warning: This editorial discusses fertility challenges When you decide you’re ready to try for a baby you have innumerable fantasies of the excitement you’ll feel when you succeed—when you get to tell people and when each milestone is reached. But when pregnancy doesn’t happen straight away, it can change the entire experience. It was over two years ago when we said ‘Let’s have a baby!’.

10 years ago I didn’t know if I wanted kids at all so you can imagine my surprise when all of a sudden I started freaking out about my biological clock. The idea of wanting a baby of my own was a slow creep for me. I was happy working on my radio career and playing the part of the ‘cool aunty’ for most of my twenties despite all of my friends and siblings popping out kids. When I was months away from turning 30, I started to think seriously about wanting babies in my future.