"This is a brilliant debut, a memoir that is beautiful and heart-breaking, informative and honest.

Rebecca finds out that she has been one of the first donor conceived IVF children in the UK and struggles with her own infertility journey. The various topics, including endometriosis, infertility, IVF, sperm donors and mental health, are incredibly well researched and very informative. I’ve appreciated learning so much whilst also hearing very personal stories and honest thoughts.

Such a complex topic was incredibly well presented. It’s emotionally rich, thought provoking and has a lot of depth. But it’s also leaving space to form own opinions and gives contrasting views too. I found this an enriching read all round.

I highly recommend this on audio, the author is narrating it herself. A fabulous non-fiction read I would urge you to add to your tbr lists!

“Well, when it comes down to it” he said, it’s not how babies are conceived, it’s how you bring them up.”"

"This is everything I love in a book. It moved me, inspired me, enlightened me ❤️

It covers so many topics that are not spoken about enough, told with honesty and bravery. I’ll be talking about this book for a long time. "

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I was lucky enough to receive this brilliant memoir on the last day of 2025.

This emotional book explores family in all its forms.
Rebecca always knew that she was an IVF baby but only discovered she was donor-conceived by accident when she decided to do a genetic test on an ancestry website. This discovery would be life changing and her ideas of identity would never be the same again.

With writing that was both honest and unflinching, Rebecca not only described her changing family dynamics and difficult fertility journey but included so many interesting (and sometimes appalling!) social and medical facts in the book.

A very important, informative and excellent read.

Thank you so much to @bigdaybooks for sending me this advanced copy for my honest review.



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