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After seven rounds of IVF, we ended up with not only a son - but a Netflix hit! Creators of test tube baby drama Joy reveal their OWN infertility struggle
Rachel Mason will never forget the agony of having to make that phone call. A call she came to dread when, six times in two years, it delivered the same news: you are not pregnant.
Set in the late Sixties and Seventies, Joy traces the work of visionary physiologist Bob Edwards (played by Norton), top surgeon Patrick Steptoe (Nighy) and Jean Purdy (New Zealand-born actress Thomasin McKenzie), who, aged 23, applied for a job at an IVF research lab in Cambridge. Netflix film Joy tells the remarkable tale of the trio who pioneered in-vitro fertilisation, and the untold story of Jean Purdy, the young nurse and embryologist whose ground-breaking role has gone largely unrecognised In America, Donald Trump's predicted clamp-down on abortion services is expected to have far-reaching repercussions for women's rights, including issues around fertility treatments, while in Britain the NHS is funding fewer IVF cycles than ever – as waiting lists continue to grow.
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