Press Fury

Have been sorting through some of the IVF related press around at the moment, trying to work out what sort of freelance article I want to write myself.
But after reading a few headlines I began to wonder if it was such a good idea after all. I found myself growling and gesticulating furiously to the cat.
On the whole, tabloid journalism tends to make me laugh more than angry. I just don't take most of it seriously. But on this subject it takes very little to turn me into a ranting, humourless shrew foaming at the mouth at the injustice of it all.
'Mothers leaving it too late because they are too busy with careers and parties' was one article which got me going. 'All women should have a fertility MOT at 30' another.
There's so many reasons why a woman might be a bit older than others when trying for a baby - most of them to do with luck and chance rather than choice.
In my case I have always longed for children but did not find the man I wanted to have them with until I was 30. We started trying less than 2 years later but it took a long time to get through the NHS system to be diagnosed. Doctors along the way have been a bit at fault - but mostly it is just the way it is. It can take a long time to work out what is wrong, and even if there is something wrong. Plus tests are intrusive and complicated as well as resources tight and it is just completely impractical to give every woman an 'MOT' at 30.
The press, even the so-called intelligent press, often get it so wrong with fertility. Mainly because it is one of those areas people get wrong - completely misunderstand. I have even been shocked at how little the kindest and most empathetic of my friends understand, unless they have direct experience themselves.
I do just need to be patient with them all, help them understand and try to understand myself why they don't. But I am already trying to be so patient waiting to see what happens with us.
And there is only so much patience a naturally impatient person can take.