Liv's Alone: Amateur Adventures in Solo Motherhood

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T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach are still going strong as they are seen canoodling on NYC street and sharing boozy lunch Grace Dent's brutal comments slamming I'm A Celebrity as 'puerile televised constipation' resurface after she quits the reality show Guiding readers through the highs and lows with warmth, humour and understanding, Liv wants her book to be a little beacon of optimism for women who are in the same position she was in; late 30s, single and longing for a baby. This is Liv & Herb’s story, but hopefully a version of it will be yours. Princess Andre, 16, looks just like her famous mum Katie Price as she cuts a casual figure at PrettyLittleThing event Tiffany Haddish vows to 'get help' and 'learn balance and boundaries' after second DUI arrest in under two years

The costs of private fertility treatment, and increasingly slim chances of accessing it on the NHS, are driving some women to take more extreme routes, including “private” sperm donation – DIY arrangements that take place outside regulated clinics. This can be between friends, or even strangers who connect online. Jodie Marsh is branded 'pathetic' after vegan glamour model compared meat-eaters to serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer I do believe certain sperm banks prey on vulnerable women. I had a friend tell me they’d recently been quoted €45,000 for a single vial of exclusive-use sperm from a Danish clinic. I mean, that is pure robbery. These women are – in the best sense of this word – emotionally desperate and these clinics know they will likely spend everything they have to make their dreams a reality. It’s hard because even I hadn’t reconciled myself to the idea that IUI might not work.

You see my parents died when I was a teenager, so from the age of 17 I have made my own path. Always with the infinite support of my much older siblings, but nevertheless it was primarily me, myself and I. Well me, myself and my crippling fear of abandonment. Experiencing trauma, like the death of a parent at 12 and then the death of another parent 5 years later, is bound to dent your very core, whether you realise it or not. So having unsuccessfully moved in and out with family friends after Mum died, selling our family home, going to a totally inappropriate University far from anything I knew, my sister and her family moving to France, losing my beloved grandparents and not really feeling I had anywhere to truly anchor myself, the very last thing I needed was a boyfriend to break my heart. Natalie and Zafar Rushdie are expecting their second child! Singer shares excitement at having 'positive' things to look forward toWe’ve been open with him about the aspects of his care that we found angering and frustrating. We come out and talk about it." - How Olugbenga supports Ravi with his feelings around his tumour. Molly-Mae Hague ditches her engagement ring AGAIN asfiancé Tommy Fury is filmed with a female reveller while partying in Dubai I had used up all three of my sperm straws that had been waiting on ice at the clinic. Gone. No baby. Big Time Rush star Kendall Schmidt reveals on social media that he's married to pregnant Mica Chu who shows off baby bump in crop top