We're in our 20s and we've already had 2 rounds of IVF to try for a baby - we're being robbed of our younger years
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A couple who have spent years four years trying to conceive revealed that IVF has 'robbed' them of enjoying their 20s - even preventing them from going on their honeymoon. Megan and Ryan Larmour, 27 and 28, from Newtonabbey, Northern Ireland, met through mutual friends at the age of 14 and started started dating two years later.
![[In March 2022, Megan and Ryan were told that they had a 0.5 per cent chance of conceiving naturally]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/10/94159279-14291435-image-a-28_1737023983148.jpg)
After moving in together and deciding they want a family, Megan stopped taking her birth control in October 2020. But by March 2022, they hadn't been able to conceive and, after tests, a GP informed the couple Ryan has a low sperm count. In delivering the news, the doctor told the pair they had a 0.5% chance of conceiving naturally.
![[Megan and Ryan got married in November 2023 - and in the same month, were called in for their first IVF consultation]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/10/94159271-14291435-image-a-27_1737023909427.jpg)
Since then, Meghan and Ryan have tried IVF twice and are now on the waiting list for a third attempt - but they have revealed the financial strain of the treatment has forced them to put their lives on hold. As they wait to hear if they'll be eligible for another round of fertility treatment on the NHS, the couple are saving the pennies to go private if they need to.
![[The consultant prescribed Megan with norethisterone, to take once a day for five days, in order to control her menstrual cycle. For the following 10 to 15 days, she took one-to-two injections a day, to prepare her eggs for retrieval]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/10/94159275-14291435-image-a-26_1737023867035.jpg)
Opening up about their heartbreaking battle, the couple say having a child would 'mean the world' to them, so they can give their parents a grandchild. Megan, a postal worker, said: 'Our IVF journey has robbed us of enjoying the last few years of our 20s as it's all we can think about and it stopped us from being able to go abroad on multiple holidays and even our honeymoon as we can't leave the country and need to save our money for treatment.'.
![[Megan and Ryan have put the money they were going to spend on a honeymoon into a savings pot as they want to continue IVF privately]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/10/94159265-14291435-image-a-29_1737024032890.jpg)
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