The heartbreak of couples struggling to start a family
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When the Duchess of Cambridge appeared on the steps of St Mary’s Hospital in London last summer holding newborn Prince George in her arms, the whole world cheered as the camera shutters clicked furiously.
Parents up and down the country doubtless recalled the precious moment they too left hospital holding their newborn babies - full of happiness and excitement ready to embark on family life.
But for the one in seven couples in the UK suffering from infertility, that moment is an unattainable dream often made all the more heartbreaking by insensitive comments from family and friends.
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