Janette Manrara
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Podcast Appearances
I want to explore.
And then Aliash and I, when we started dating, like the first thing he said is, do you want children?
And I said, I don't know.
And Aliash was like, I definitely want to be a dad.
And I was like, whoa, can we just, hi, can we have a conversation first?
Can we finish our salsa?
We haven't even started our appetizers and he's like talking about being a dad.
And actually, it wasn't until I got into my late 30s and something very strange happened during COVID.
I was watching television and like this bizarre feeling came over me and I looked over at the side of the bed and it was empty and I just imagined our baby.
And I just had this insane feeling of like, how wonderful would it be to just be sat here watching telly with our little baby next to me?
And I went, oh?
What's happened?
What is this feeling?
This is strange.
But it wasn't straightforward.
You know, we tried for two years and I didn't fall pregnant.
And then we thought, OK, let's go down the IVF route because I was 39 at the time.
And then Lyra happened naturally.