I know this is quite a bold admission and what surprised me even more in the aftermath of this ‘Road to Damascus’ moment last week was that it was followed by feelings of guilt and shame.Īmanda Revell Walton said she recently came to the dramatic, and uncomfortable, realisation that she's actually glad her IVF didn’t work Honestly, I know that if my fertility treatment had been a success, then there would have been no way I would have achieved the professional success I have, or be living the life I do, a life that I’ve no desire to change. I know there will be some people who will say that I am simply trying to convince myself that this is the happier life, to make myself feel better as a defence mechanism against the pain of the years of physical and emotional hell that go along with failed IVF.īut I have to say, hand on heart, that this really is not the case. Recently I came to the dramatic, and uncomfortable, realisation that I’m actually glad my IVF didn’t work.
And isn’t it true that, sometimes, when you don’t get what you wished for, what you end up with can be so much better? Be careful what you wish for, the saying goes.
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