This season of advent is especially hard for those experiencing infertility - but there is hope

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Sarah Lang, co-founder of infertility support organisation Rhythm of Hope, takes a look at what Christmas could mean for those longing for a child, and shares some of her own 20-year journey.

It’s almost impossible to avoid triggers when it comes to infertility - but the season of advent can be especially hard, not least because a miraculous conception and baby are at the very centre of the nativity story!

I distinctly remember being at a work Christmas meal some years ago and a colleague saying to me (right in the middle of what was to be a 20 year journey of infertility) “well Christmas is really all about the kids isn’t it? It’s all for the children….if you don’t have that there’s not much to look forward to”.

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