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September 8, 2026'It was heartbreaking to attend a fertility appointment in a maternity unit'
Niamh Smyth and her husband Justyn have spent over a decade trying to start a family, undergoing four rounds of IVF, with three unsuccessful attempts and one pregnancy which ended in miscarriage.
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New mums 'left to get on with it' as C-section numbers hit record high
Carys Louise Brandon says she was completely unprepared for what came after her first C-section Mothers have described being left to recover from caesarean sections with "no support" as the number of
bbc.co.uk•September 8, 2026
'It was heartbreaking to attend a fertility appointment in a maternity unit'
Niamh Smyth said she was shocked to find out where she had been directed to go when looking for the gynaecology department A woman who has been on a 10-year IVF journey is calling for fertility and g
bbc.co.uk•July 30, 2026