Endometriosis survivor's urgent bid for fertility

Iona Hall, a 30-year-old from Bristol, is urgently pursuing egg preservation due to severe endometriosis. In 2024, she underwent two significant operations to address a 10cm ovarian cyst and the fusion of her bowels and uterus. These procedures have critically depleted her egg reserve, prompting a race against time to freeze her remaining viable eggs.

Hall has launched a fundraiser to gather the £21,000 needed for three rounds of egg harvesting, which must be completed within the next four months. She describes her egg reserve as "critically low" but remains hopeful that the remaining eggs are of good quality, offering a chance at future motherhood. Endometriosis, a condition affecting an estimated one in 10 women, involves uterine-like cells growing outside the uterus, causing severe pain and other symptoms. Diagnosis often takes over eight years. Hall's own journey involved years of misdiagnoses before her condition was identified.