Our new series in Good Health explores the health issues that affect us most.

For our first episode, we discuss infertility and answer your questions and we hear your stories.

Hi, my name is Jeremy and I was not supposed to be here.

Both of my parents were infertile. They were not supposed to be able to have children.

They started trying in the late 60s and then about 10 years later, they conceived and I'm the result.

They tried a lot of things that had many doctors tell them that they were not supposed to be able to have kids,

but they persevered and kept trying and here I am.

Infertility is defined as the inability to achieve pregnancy by both men and women after 12

months of trying. Going through fertility treatment can be a long hard process and it's very costly.

A recent report from the World Health Organization found that around 17.5% of the global adult population

that's roughly 1 in 6 people experience infertility.

What kind of treatments are available to treat infertility?

What's it like to go through the process?

We'll get into all that and more after the break.

I'm Jen White. You're listening to the 1A podcast where we get to the heart of the story.

We'll be back with more in just a moment.

Let's start our discussion by welcoming Melissa Cummings.

She's a physical therapist and went through 10 years of fertility treatment.

She now has two daughters. Melissa, welcome.

Hi Jen, thank you so much for having me. I'm happy to be here.

Well, share some of the emotions you dealt with when you knew you wanted to have a family,

but you knew you were also facing issues with fertility.

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