What if IVF fails?

In-vitro fertilisation is not a miracle solution. Eleni Kyriacou talks to three couples about how fertility treatment can turn lives upside down

Experience: I delivered a baby on a bus

Sharon Eve: 'I'd noticed the woman as I got on – late 20s, dark hair, heavily pregnant. Very heavily pregnant, it turned out'

New research shows that taking certain painkillers in first 20 weeks increases risk of miscarriage by 2.4 times

Susie Orbach: Nadine Dorries's amendment to the health and social care bill is an attempt to situate women's sexuality in the marketplace

Sarah Ditum: Beyoncé's got a fistful of Grammies, but many still think bearing a child marks a full stop on a woman's contribution to the world

Charities warn of 'distress and delay' as they are stripped of principal responsibility to counsel women seeking a termination

Lucy Rock: Concerns that mothers on low incomes may lose out are matched by questions about the NCT's firm belief in natural childbirth

After a life-threatening pregnancy and a premature birth I was scared to hold my newborn daughter – or to get too attached

Lisa Hallgarten: There's much good work such groups could do, but leave advice over pregnancy options to those who see all options as valid

Pro-choice campaigners claim myths are circulated that amount to misinformation or do not accurately reflect research