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“'But,' my breath caught, 'he’s the baby’s father.' 'The sperm bank has many other great donors,' the nurse assured me."
"My husband was panicking because he knew that when you’ve got a heart-shaped womb, carrying one baby is difficult, let alone two."
After eight years of struggling in silence, Des and Emily have shared their story with the world in the new TV series, Alex Jones: Making Babies.
Every situation is different. We asked people who've been on both sides what they think is best.
Carolyn's daughter Rosie died from an autoimmune condition in 2003. Years later, in her late forties, she decided it was time to try for another baby.
The video looks like science fiction, but experts in the field tell us it's not such a leap after all.
"There is something mind-boggling about it," says dad Phillip Ridgeway, who was just five when the twins were conceived.
The actor's IVF revelation gives voice to many who use fertility treatments but don't become parents.
"I was throwing everything at it... So here I am today. The ship has sailed.”
£15,000, a bin full of injections – and no baby.