When my left arm started to go numb, I suspected a heart attack, but I was only 25, so decided I had to be overreacting
I was 15 when I was diagnosed with severe polycystic ovarian syndrome, a condition that means cysts grow on your ovaries. I hadn’t started my periods and was told it was unlikely I ever would. The gynaecologist said I’d need intervention when the time came to have a family, and put me on the pill to stop the cysts growing. It didn’t bother me at the time – I think my mum was more upset than I was.
At 21, I fell in love, and when we got married four years later, we went to a fertility clinic that claimed high success rates. They put me on stimulation drugs to induce ovulation – the same drugs as for IVF, but without the need for the egg collection. We were so hopeful it would work first time that I bought baby toys and clothes. When it didn’t, we felt devastated, but the clinic said doubling the dose should do the trick. I expressed concerns because my family has a history of blood clots, but they said it was fine. I was more closely monitored the second time, but again I didn’t get pregnant.
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