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6. Living without a child

Leanne Cloudsdale talks about her desire to have her own child & Natalie asks Amanda's husband Andy, how he feels about not having children.

Amanda White and Natalie Glanvill talk about their personal experience of IVF treatment. Contains strong language and adult conversation.

In this episode they speak to Leanne who has written an article called ‘The Shit Sandwich’. She is currently childless and frustrated with her body for not giving her the baby she wants.

“I would allow someone to paralyse me with an injection if at the same time it can make me pregnant with that one in injection.”

“You fall into this level of desperation because you just think, you don’t understand this biological urge to be a mum and it’s my god given right to be a mum and actually it’s a privilege to be a mum.”

Contact: [email protected], or Twitter @sexdrugslullaby

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46 minutes

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Wed 11 Mar 202021:00

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  • Stardust

    Music Sounds Better With You

    • Now 41 (Various Artists).
    • NOW.
    • 01.
  • The Crusaders

    Street Life

    • Now Yearbook 1979.
    • Now! Music.
    • 13.
  • Years & Years

    If You're Over Me

    • Palo Santo.
    • POLYDOR.
    • 01.

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  • Tue 17 Dec 201921:00
  • Wed 11 Mar 202021:00

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