PERFECT TIMING

Isabel Gordon, 26, London

Carefully scanning the calendar, I frowned. ‘Still nothing?’ my husband Joshua, 34, asked. ‘No luck,’ I sighed, feeling frustrated.

It was December 2018, and for the fourth month in a row, I’d failed to get my period.

While I was glad to be rid of painful abdominal cramps and terrible PMS, not having my regular period wasn’t ideal – Joshua and I really wanted a baby.

We’d met 10 years ago while we were both