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When my husband and I decided to start trying for a family a couple years ago we never thought for a moment that there would be any problems with conceiving. However, as the months passed without success, we began to suspect that there could be something wrong. About this time my periods, which had always been a bit of nightmare, became dramatically worse with every passing month. I searched the internet to try and find an explanation for some of the more worrying symptoms. It was during this search that I came across the term Endometriosis.

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Our story started three years ago. At the time of my 30th birthday in Nov 2001, I came off the pill to see what would happen. I started taking folic acid and reducing my alcohol intake within reason and just got on with life without thinking much more about it. As the months slipped by, my cycle kicked back into line and every four weeks my period would arrive.

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IVF produces healthy babies

A major study of babies born after common fertility techniques has confirmed that they are just has healthy as children conceived naturally.

IVF itself, and ICSI, in which a single sperm is injected into the egg to fertilise it, have now been in use for 25 years and 11 years respectively, and there are substantial numbers of children conceived using both methods.

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