Heartbreak and Healing | The Herald Sun
1st Feb 2025
Nicolette Wittenberg knew she wanted a family at any cost — but she didn’t expect the cost to be ten years of her life, two miscarriages, the loss of a full-term baby and $100,000 – money her and husband Blake had saved for a deposit towards their dream home.
Coupled with that plus seven rounds of failed IVF cycles – the toll it took on the 30-year-old Coffs Harbour woman was enormous. “I had some very, very, very dark days”, Ms Wittenberg told this publication.
“It wasn’t just the financial investment – you had to take time off work, days at a time, for the process and procedures as well, she said.
For the Wittenberg couple, the decision to try a more accessible and affordable option paid off when they fell pregnant on the first round of treatment and gave birth in November 2021 to a miracle baby girl they named Adora – after the clinic which changed their lives.