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Friendship across the parenting divide

Friendship across the parenting divide

Update: 2025-01-06
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Helen Pidd and Alexandra Topping have been close friends for almost 20 years. But struggles with fertility and new motherhood tested their bond to the limit. • Listen to our Embracing a childfree life episode, from April 2023, on Helen’s experience of IVF treatment and meeting other childfree people, and read Helen and Lexy’s account of their friendship here.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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hanna sampson

I loved this so much. very relatable xx

Jan 6th
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Chris Register

What a beautiful, difficult episode. I must've cried the entire second half. Thank you.

Jan 6th
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Friendship across the parenting divide

Friendship across the parenting divide

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