Every woman who needs an egg donor to help her become a mother has a heartbreaking story to tell.
Some have suffered repeated miscarriages or IVF. Others have been left infertile by chemotherapy or disease.
Lydia suffered a string of medical conditions, including fibroids, and these have left her unable to conceive naturally.
“Being part of a family has always been important to me so when I found out I couldn’t have children of my own I was devastated,” Lydia recalls.
“IVF won’t work for me so despite five years of treatment I’m still not a mother. I know my husband and I would make great parents and we can’t wait to share our lives with a child but we can only do that with the help of an egg donor.”
Lydia is from Ghana in West Africa, which makes her plight even more of a challenge.
Alison Bagshawe, founder of fertility organisation Altrui, explains: “There is such a huge shortage of egg donors generally but this is even more true in black and Asian communities where we struggle to find people to help women with similar ethnic backgrounds.
“The only way forward is to raise awareness of the need for egg donors and hope that with the right information women will decide that this is something they would really like to do to help someone else become a mum.”
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