In tomorrow’s @thetimesmagazine I’ve penned a personal piece I felt it was time to write. Four years ago after years of trying for a baby, a highly elusive diagnosis of endometriosis and one round of IVF - I managed to have our son. I got back in the ring 18 months ago to try for a second baby and well, it’s not happening. I wanted to do something I didn’t do then: write about it and share while it was going wrong. Not appear when, or if, everything, was going better. So here’s the piece. The link is in my bio. Talking about this stuff while it’s happening is also risky territory for women. An issue I explore in the piece too. The article also marks the start of my new @substackinc weekly newsletter - Trying - swipe to see the shiny new logo designed by the very talented @albybailey -where I will be writing about trying in all forms and sharing stories, written and audio, every week. I would love you to subscribe if you felt you wanted to: https://emmabarnett.substack.com/ Huge thanks to the whole @thetimes @thetimesmagazine team helmed by the talented and straight-shooting @msnicolajeal Wonderful @pruewhitestylist for styling Hair by @alexszabohair who had his work cut out! Make-up by lovely @juliawrenmakeup and the ever talented @dankennedyphoto behind the 📸 It’s all in there. And if you know, you know. * * * #ivf #fertility #baby #secondaryinfertility #writing #women #trying #womb #endo #endometriosis #adenomyosis #babyloss #miscarriage #ttc