I know that people will ask why should we help, but am hoping that you'll understand. We do have a beautiful daughter through IVF. We are a same sex couple and weren't able to get help from the NHS, so we decided to pay and go private. We failed on our first attempt and then stretched ourselves for another go. We've had to use credit cards, loans, but we were truly blessed with our daughter Sylvia. She is an absolute terror but delight too. We had 3 embryos frozen and made the decision to have a transfer, but as we were driving to the clinic we were told all 3 had not survived the thawing process. Devastated as you can imagine and grieving beyond words. So this meant no full blood siblings for Sylvia.

The only option is to start again. We have managed to find reserves of our donor, but we desperately need help to raise the funds to try IVF again. As you know this is a really expensive process, as well as being emotionally hard, especially when you fail, and we are now broke beyond belief, but with help maybe just maybe, we can give Sylvia a sibling and make our family complete. We still have so much more love to give.

Kate & Elizabeth Grinter