Therese has difficulty conceiving and turned to IVF to help. Her heart-wrenching pregnancy journey includes her taking a triple dose of letrozole without anyone knowing, her suffering from pre-eclampsia and her baby being born with Edwards' Syndrome (Trisomy 18). Transcript:----more---- 0:00:00.240,0:00:05.759 this was something i did without the 0:00:02.560,0:00:08.720 doctors knowing so i kept it a secret 0:00:05.759,0:00:10.719 even for my own husband i was telling 0:00:08.720,0:00:14.639 lies to my family 0:00:10.719,0:00:17.920 to my husband and i started to lie 0:00:14.639,0:00:17.920 to my midwife 0:00:24.480,0:00:29.199 hello welcome to the show this is life 0:00:27.119,0:00:30.160 is it just me the podcast and youtube 0:00:29.199,0:00:31.599 series as it now 0:00:30.160,0:00:33.600 transpires i'm going to put that into my 0:00:31.599,0:00:34.079 camera i've decided we're here to talk 0:00:33.600,0:00:36.559 about 0:00:34.079,0:00:37.360 the big issues the big topics the big 0:00:36.559,0:00:39.520 things that 0:00:37.360,0:00:42.079 most of us all of us are affected by and 0:00:39.520,0:00:43.760 go through and life this first season 0:00:42.079,0:00:46.320 is all about the decision as to whether 0:00:43.760,0:00:49.039 to have kids ryan i have spoken to 0:00:46.320,0:00:50.000 a huge amount of very guests so many 0:00:49.039,0:00:51.920 interesting stories 0:00:50.000,0:00:53.280 and we've got another one for you today 0:00:51.920,0:00:56.719 we're joined by teres 0:00:53.280,0:00:59.520 hi teres hello how are you 0:00:56.719,0:00:59.840 i am fine thanks and how are you really 0:00:59.520,0:01:02.960 good 0:00:59.840,0:01:04.080 really good and ryan how are you i'm 0:01:02.960,0:01:06.400 very good thanks paul 0:01:04.080,0:01:07.920 yourself what's going on with you today 0:01:06.400,0:01:10.240 good i'm just i'm really excited 0:01:07.920,0:01:11.200 to be here just to talk about what we're 0:01:10.240,0:01:13.920 going to talk about it's 0:01:11.200,0:01:15.520 such a it's an amazing insight that 0:01:13.920,0:01:16.320 people we've never met before are giving 0:01:15.520,0:01:20.320 us into the life 0:01:16.320,0:01:23.439 i'm so grateful yeah i feel grateful too 0:01:20.320,0:01:25.840 yeah thank you for that yeah and 0:01:23.439,0:01:26.560 i am really excited to be joining you 0:01:25.840,0:01:29.920 and i am 0:01:26.560,0:01:32.159 also grateful to telling my story to 0:01:29.920,0:01:33.759 let people know how it can be that's 0:01:32.159,0:01:36.079 exactly what we want we try we're trying 0:01:33.759,0:01:38.479 to provide a forum for people who 0:01:36.079,0:01:39.360 who want to talk about their their 0:01:38.479,0:01:42.399 perspective 0:01:39.360,0:01:43.840 on life and to to explain it's not just 0:01:42.399,0:01:47.119 us it's not just me 0:01:43.840,0:01:48.079 so yeah this is it this is it set the 0:01:47.119,0:01:50.479 scene then tell us 0:01:48.079,0:01:51.119 about who you are where do you come from 0:01:50.479,0:01:54.799 yeah 0:01:51.119,0:01:56.960 uh like you say my name is tirias and i 0:01:54.799,0:02:00.719 live in sweden 0:01:56.960,0:02:05.119 i am 33 years old today 0:02:00.719,0:02:09.119 i met my husband in 2007 0:02:05.119,0:02:11.680 and i just turned 20 after we met 0:02:09.119,0:02:13.200 so we have been together for 13 years 0:02:11.680,0:02:17.599 and we have been married for 0:02:13.200,0:02:20.720 six years this year and 0:02:17.599,0:02:24.080 really early on i told him that 0:02:20.720,0:02:27.360 my dream was to have children one day 0:02:24.080,0:02:28.720 and he was fine with that so we jumped 0:02:27.360,0:02:33.760 into the relationship 0:02:28.720,0:02:37.599 really fast and here we are now 0:02:33.760,0:02:40.560 many years later still trying for a kid 0:02:37.599,0:02:41.360 and his name is joachim so you know that 0:02:40.560,0:02:43.519 yes 0:02:41.360,0:02:44.720 um it's interesting you spoke about 0:02:43.519,0:02:45.519 getting into a relationship quite 0:02:44.720,0:02:47.519 quickly i 0:02:45.519,0:02:49.680 did the exact same thing with my partner 0:02:47.519,0:02:50.000 lauren we were very very quick to get 0:02:49.680,0:02:51.440 together 0:02:50.000,0:02:53.760 ryan what about you and your partner i'm 0:02:51.440,0:02:55.680 not sure your wife a similar story yeah 0:02:53.760,0:02:58.239 we met doing musical theater 0:02:55.680,0:03:00.640 which was different in itself um and we 0:02:58.239,0:03:03.120 were opposite parts in the same play 0:03:00.640,0:03:03.920 um carousel was a musical in case you 0:03:03.120,0:03:06.640 care 0:03:03.920,0:03:07.360 um but we were we were opposite parts in 0:03:06.640,0:03:10.000 carousel 0:03:07.360,0:03:11.360 so what happened was uh we were meant to 0:03:10.000,0:03:13.519 be love interest in the show 0:03:11.360,0:03:15.280 and became love interest in real life no 0:03:13.519,0:03:17.120 way is that 0:03:15.280,0:03:19.120 fascinating well we've all got some sort 0:03:17.120,0:03:22.720 ...