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.
My journey to Involuntary Childlessness
By Cindy Jansen van Rensburg I was diagnosed with unexplained infertility in 2011, after having tried to fall pregnant for three years already. After two IUI’s, a laparotomy and an IVF, we decided to pursue living childless as an option. And of course, as Murphy would...
Kerry’s Infertility Journey
"I knew after the first 6 months of trying that there may be a problem" I was so ready to be a mom I could not wait. I was lucky/unlucky enough to work with reproductive health and I knew the definition of infertility is being unable to conceive within 12 months, but...
The greatest loss…
By Danya Pearce Where do you begin a story about losing a baby? At conception? The devastating ultrasound? Or maybe you start at your own in utero development which really sealed my baby’s fate? I was born with a unique congenital deformity classified as a mullerian...
Ons verhaal van hoop
Op moedersdag 1996 was ek in sak en as nadat ons al vir 3½ jaar probeer het om swanger te raak en drie in vitro-behandelings ondergaan het sonder sukses. Ek het begin glo dat en nooit ‘n mamma sou wees nie en was erg depressief. Om myself te help troos het ek vir my...
My Infertility Story
By Carin van Rooyen Mrs Africa Earth South Africa 2017. I am 34 years old, been ttc for 8 years. I have endometriosis, hubby cannot understand why I just dont give up. All I've ever wanted was to be a mother....it is in me...I see a baby and I want to cry....I am...
My Story #1in6
By Imogen Rossam It never crossed my mind that infertility could or would ever be part of my life! I have wanted to be a mom since I was young, and I just assumed it would happen easily when I was ready. I met and married the man of my dreams in 2013 and after our...
My Personal Infertility Story
By Sheene Venske My husband and I tried for 3 years to fall pregnant - our infertility struggles seemed straight forward since he had naturally fathered 2 children from previous marriage and then had a vasectomy. Since I had never used contraception and coming from a...
J’s Story
I am 26 (turning 27 in a couple of months) and I will be married 3 years now. For the better part of 2 years my husband and I have been trying to start a family. I used to dream about being a mom, it was the only thing I was ever really sure of being. (Yes, I realise...
Anneeda’s Journey
I would like to share my story, as I feel that I have been silent for way too long. It is not a shame, it is reality. Infertility is a medical condition and should be treated as such. My name Anneeda Pekeur, Stage 4 Endometriosis survivor,and I struggle everyday....
I am 1 in 6
I am 1 in 6. I am a Swati 36year old lady. I have been married to the best man in the world for 8years. I love this man. I have an amazing family, my siblings have been our pillars all these years. We have been trying to conceive for as a long we have been married....