Personal Stories
With 1-in-6 people diagnosed with some form of infertility, chances are there is someone out there with a similar story to yours.
IFAASA is going out there to find those stories. If yours isn’t here, we would love to hear it, regardless if it is ongoing or what the resolution was. Sharing your experience might help someone else.
Please feel free to send your story to info@ifaasa.co.za You may, of course, remain anonymous, and please note that we do not allow the endorsement or slander of any specific medical professionals or clinics.
Susan and Rays’ journey to Emily
“I’m going to tell you something that is going to blow your mind”. I now know what it means to be haunted by something. Whenever I hear the words “blow your mind” I think back to that day in Dr V’s office. After we got married at 24, we decided to wait a while before...
My Sister and I are #1in6
After trying to conceive for 5 years and 6 failed ivf's, with a miscarriage at 8 weeks, we were on the last round of IVF that we could afford. The next step would be adoption, we had already made contact with a Social Worker. Then I saw a post on Facebook about a...
A story of heartbreak, treatment and bitter sweet happy endings
Saskia - IFAASA Director Our Infertility Journey started back when we were just 26 and 27 years old. We tried to conceive over a 7 year period and, I always look back at our first IVF cycle in 2007, with incredulity, at how naïve we were during it. We were so sure it...
Meggan’s Story
Meggan - IFAASA Director We waited for 7 years before we decided to have a family, it wasn’t a decision we came to lightly. I had never known anyone that struggled to conceive and who spoke openly about it so it came as quite a shock that it was not happening as fast...
Leandra’s Journey
Leandra - IFAASA Director Life is not waiting for the storm to pass but learning to dance in the rain. My IVF journey taught me to dance, scream, swear, cry and punch things in the rain, with thunder and lightning crashing all around, but the storm did pass and I...
Anushka’s update
A Journey of Emotions & Pain all rolled up in one….My Infertility Rollercoaster…continues… I am 1 in 6 ladies to have this horrible heart wrenching condition! Another year has passed by no baby, 7 years of painful tears, dreaming of conceiving my little miracle,...
Melissa and Theodore’s journey to their twins
Our ‘baby making’ journey stared in 2010. I’ve done my own research, as we planned on having a ‘honeymoon baby. Months of ‘not pregnant’ very soon turned into an emotional roller coaster. After a year, we consulted the GynecologistS in Nelspruit. Each had their own...
I am #1in6
I am the adoptive mother of Sam (not his real name) - the most beautiful little boy in the world!! I have travelled the infertility road as well as the adoption road and I know it is one of the hardest things anyone can go through - AND that it is particularly...
Our Parents are 1 in 6
After we were married, we decided that we would start trying for children early on as neither of us were getting any younger and we wanted to grow with our children. I had never been one for counting days of my cycle and was none the wiser that I had been having very...
Breaking the Silence
My journey started in 2010, hubby and I finally tied the knot and I was going to have a honeymoon baby....honeymoon came to end and eagerly waiting the pregnancy result was negative. But I was naive and thinking it will happen soon, but when everyone starts falling...