When my husband and I met over 17 years ago, one of the first things we talked about was starting a family together. Yet after nearly a decade of trying – and around £50,000 spent – we are no closer than where we started. Thanks to an NHS postcode lottery, we were able to have just one round of funded IVF (instead of the three we should be eligible for) – an issue that means only 24 per cent of women in London get help, compared to 61 per cent in the North East, according to data from the Human