The last few decades have seen an enormous rise in infertility figures. Due to a whole host of factors, many couples find it very difficult, or even impossible, to conceive.
Anyone who has faced this knows just how much heartache, pain, stress and confusion it leads to. One of the key purposes of marriage is to raise children, and to be denied this brings an ongoing grief that should not be underestimated.
Jane and David Thomas (not their real names) are one couple who have faced this issue. Ten years ago, just before they married, Jane was rushed into hospital with a deep vein thrombosis. What they didn't realise was that the clot was a symptom of a blood condition which caused her blood to clot unnecessarily and would also cause miscarriages. Jane had her first miscarriage in the first year of married life and another one five years later. She now has to take a blood-thinning drug that helps her condition but has the side effect of preventing her conceiving.
