#fertility-clinics

#fertility-clinics

But her dreams of motherhood have been dashed by Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, which ravaged the enclave's healthcare system that saves lives, as well as the fertility centres that plan them. After years of trying, al-Kafarna and her husband turned to in-vitro fertilisation (IVF). Their embryos were frozen in a fertility centre, waiting for the war to end, but the clinic was attacked by Israel.

When the woman's phone began to ring one morning in June, she did not know that the news she would receive would hurtle her and her teenage daughter into a "tunnel" of medical appointments, tests and fear. On the other end of the line, she said, was the head of the fertility department at a Belgian clinic she had visited in 2011 to undergo fertility treatment, which at the time was not available to would-be single mothers in France.

After a traumatic 12-year fertility journey, Elizabeth Day believes it is part of her purpose in life to speak for those who have tried and failed to have children. Here, the author and podcaster talks about her serendipitous online match with her husband, her fascination with class and professional jealousy A few months ago, and nearly a full two years after she found an element of peace after a traumatic journey of infertility and loss, Elizabeth Day got an email out of the blue.