Right now, time is something we are all more aware of.
Whether it’s the days spent working from home, the weeks spent in self-isolation, or the months spent waiting for this crisis to end.
But for thousands of potential parents, time is something they can ill afford.
In the past week Political Correspondent Paul Brand has spoken to dozens of hopeful mothers and fathers who’ve had their fertility treatment postponed due to the pandemic.
Some had their IVF cycles cancelled with just a day or two’s notice.
Kirsty Duncan was already taking her fertility drugs when the clinic called last week to say they couldn’t go ahead with her IVF.
She has low AMH, meaning her egg reserves are running out. And with every month, they deplete further.
“The biggest fear is that we don’t get to bring a baby home, that we don’t get to experience what a pregnancy feels like” she told me.
“I just can’t comprehend the level of grief that would bring.”
There are tens of thousands of women and men already grieving for lost chances.
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