My name is Pasco and this is my parents,  Denis and Veronica’s journey to our family: When Denis and I met in 1980, we discussed and agreed that we wanted children very early in our marriage. Brandon, our son was conceived in our third year of marriage and, we wanted...

In 2008, we started trying for children. I was so excited about becoming a mom, that I actually started baby shopping that very first month. I look back on those moments and shudder, if only I had known what lay ahead. After a year, an infertile friend of mine...

Life planning, experiences and expectations, came to a halt, when the results of what I thought would never be possible, became evident and positive. After several tests and, to my dismay, I was diagnosed with a very rare condition of Varicocele vein which affects...

Twenty-seven. That's how many times I had heard that my blood test result was negative. I had lost count of the times I did not see two pink lines on home tests. I had never been pregnant yet after seven years of trying to conceive, countless doctors' appointments,...

A few weeks before my husband and I got married I kickstarted contraception (yup, that way round), in preparation for a kid-free couple of years. I was 27, he was 30 and we had known each other for just over a year. The concept of children seemed fun but also...

My story begins 8 years ago. For the longest time I have worked with and been surrounded by children, as an au pair both in London and in Johannesburg. They have always been like tiny friends to me, and I've thought for the longest time that with all this "training" I...