25. COMEBACK – Claire – IVF – miscarriage – twins - adding a career break to maternity leave – kind colleagues – job love

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My guest today is Claire Garwood, a civil servant at the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency. She went through four rounds of IVF and two miscarriages before conceiving her now three year old twins. 

She went through so much to get where she is today and I think you’re going to find this encouraging and heart warming especially if you’re going through IVF or you’ve experienced miscarriage.

• NHS information about IVF: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/ivf/
• NHS information on miscarriage: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/miscarriage/
• Tommy’s charity: https://www.tommys.org/ 

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