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Lucy Froese: It’s Not Just About What’s Next on the Fertility Journey, but How You Feel Going Into It
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Oct 26, 2026, 15:15

Lucy Froese: It’s Not Just About What’s Next on the Fertility Journey, but How You Feel Going Into It

Lucy Froese, Fertility and IVF Coach, shared on LinkedIn:

“At 41, I was told I’d left it too late to have another baby.

Those words hit hard.

Especially after everything we’d been through.

It had taken us three years to have our daughter.

Three years of negative pregnancy tests, unexplained infertility and wondering whether I’d ever become a mum.

Then our first IVF cycle worked.

We finally had our little girl.

But when we tried for another baby, we discovered we were now dealing with male factor infertility.

We got support and decided to try IVF again.

I was on a long protocol and had already started my down-regulation injections.

We were waiting for my period so I could have a scan and begin stimulation.

But it didn’t arrive.

So I took a pregnancy test.

Positive.

I was pregnant. Naturally.

After everything we’d been through, we could hardly believe it.

But sadly, that pregnancy ended in miscarriage.

Six months later, we went through another IVF cycle.

It didn’t work.

And now I was 41.

Then came those words.

I’d left it too late. Time was running out.

I knew fertility declines with age. But hearing that after everything we’d been through was devastating.

I had a daughter I adored and was incredibly grateful for.

But I desperately wanted another child.

And I wasn’t ready to give up.

So I went back to my fertility coach.

I needed to work through the grief of my miscarriage, the disappointment of another failed cycle and the fear of trying again.

I wanted to go into another cycle feeling emotionally stronger, calmer and more in control.

And I truly believe that work made all the difference for me.

We decided to try IVF again.

Our third cycle.

And at 41, I had my best IVF cycle ever.

Better even than the cycle that gave us our daughter.

We transferred two embryos.

And both decided to stick.

At almost 42, I gave birth to twins.

The babies I’d been told I’d left it too late to have.

I know IVF doesn’t come with guarantees. And I don’t share this to suggest everyone will have the same outcome.

But I know how much the emotional side of infertility matters.

It’s why I now do the work I do.

Because the women who come to me haven’t given up hope.

But they’re carrying the emotional weight of everything they’ve been through.

And that weight is enormous.

We work through the grief, disappointment and fear so they can feel calmer, emotionally stronger and more in control.

Whether their next step is trying naturally, another IVF cycle or transferring a frozen embryo.

Because it’s not just about what happens next on your fertility journey.

It’s about how you feel going into it.”

Lucy Froese

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