Morgans Story

After twenty years of endometriosis, I am fighting for one final chance to become a mother.

After twenty years of endometriosis, losing my fertility, and watching my last chance disappear during COVID, I am now fighting for one final opportunity to have a family.

Like so many women, I was told for years that my pain was “normal”. That I was being dramatic. That nothing was wrong. I was sent home from A&E repeatedly while my condition quietly destroyed my body.

In 2017, doctors finally discovered the truth.

By then, endometriosis had destroyed both of my fallopian tubes and my left ovary. I was told that IVF would be my only chance of ever having children.

I changed everything about my life to give IVF the best possible chance, my diet, my routines, my work, my body. I endured years of hormone injections, procedures, and heartbreak. One embryo remained, my last real chance.

Then COVID hit.

During lockdown, my former partner withdrew consent for that embryo. Under UK law, that meant it was destroyed, even though it was my only chance of having a biological child.

Losing that embryo was devastating. It felt like losing a future I had already begun to imagine. I grieved. I healed. I tried to accept that motherhood might never happen for me.

And then he walked into my life.

It sounds like a cliché, but it is true. When you know, you know. Every time I laughed with him, I healed even more. I felt truly seen and understood. We connected over everything, from completing Pokémon games together, to sharing political views, to our shared obsession with music. I found my best friend. My soulmate.

And he felt the same.

When he asked me to marry him, saying yes was the easiest decision I have ever made. Suddenly, the dreams I thought were gone came rushing back. We want children. We want a family. For the first time in years, the future felt possible again.

After waiting 18 months to be seen at one of London’s top hospitals, I was told that all NHS IVF funding in my area has been cut. There are no NHS options left for me.

Private IVF is now my only chance.

With the medical support now in place, there is a genuine chance that IVF could succeed.

Two rounds of IVF cost around £9,300, before medication, tests, or procedures.

To make things harder, I now have a cyst on my only remaining ovary. Doctors want to avoid surgery because it could mean losing the ovary altogether. Instead, they plan to treat the cyst during egg retrieval, but only if I go private. Until then, all I can do is manage the pain and wait.

I am healthier, stronger, and in the best relationship of my life, but I no longer have the financial means to continue this journey alone.

If you are able to help, even in a small way, you would be helping us take one final step toward becoming a family.

Our goal is to begin treatment by June.

What your donation will help pay for

Every contribution goes directly toward making IVF possible. These are the core costs we are trying to cover:

• IVF treatment (2 cycles) — £9,300

• Hormone medication & injections — often £2,000–£4,000

• Scans, blood tests & monitoring

• Egg retrieval & embryo transfer

• Treatment of the ovarian cyst during retrieval

This treatment cannot happen through the NHS in my area. Private care is the only path forward.

Even small donations make a difference:

• £25 helps cover medication

• £50 helps pay for blood tests

• £100 helps fund scans and monitoring

• £250+ contributes directly toward an IVF cycle

Every donation, share, and message of support brings us closer to the chance of becoming a family.