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The origin of Infertile Myrtle

I bet you're wondering how I came up with such a witty catchy name? Well the truth is I didn't. Everyone has heard of Barren Karen surely? Unlucky for me I'd been called this name before when trying to conceive with my ex-husband, but where did Myrtle come from? That would be my current partner. We were sat at my friends talking about her Polycystic ovaries and her husband had decided to call her Polycystic Polly because who doesn't name people struggling with fertility? In that moment my partner with a gleam in his eye turned to me and just like that Infertile Myrtle rolled so smoothly off his quick-witted tongue. I know some may think that its insensitive but to tell you the truth it brought me to tears with laughter, because anyone who is going through what we are currently undergoing will know the stress, anger, anxiety, the unknown and the heart ache that goes along with it. For me it's like anything, you have to be able to laugh at things, whether it’s