They discuss the changes in their relationship due to their experiences with IVF and how they have taken a step back from their usual level of interaction. They reflect on missing each other and express their desire to not be handled with pity.
In our second episode of The Weekend Intelligence, The Economist correspondents Catherine Brahic and Sacha Nauta tell a different story about fertility treatment. A story about the pain, the hope and the despair that is paid for a life to be created. And a personal story about two women, over five years, whose lives followed parallel tracks in their quest for a baby.
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