Listening to the item about IVF infertility treatments yesterday morning on Radio 4 and then watching the Panorama programme, Inside Britain’s Fertility Business. last night, I am reminded of the suffering of women who long for children and the very expensive, invasive (and often unproven) procedures they are prepared to undergo to achieve their wish – often without success.
Julia Leigh, an Australian novelist, describes in graphic detail all the times her hopes for pregnancy were raised, followed by all the times these hopes were subsequently dashed, in her book Avalanche: A Love Story .
