Testing, testing, testing for a healthy child
After our daughter Eva was diagnosed with the liver disease progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC), we chose in vitro fertilization (IVF) with preimplantation genetic…
Itching & Scratching – a Column by Sophie Bourton
Our journey to having a healthy child with IVF
Alongside our daughter Eva’s diagnosis of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC), we learned that our future children would have a 25% chance of having…
Navigating the unknowns after a diagnosis of PFIC
One difficult thing about a rare disease is that there are so many unknowns, and it’s not always obvious where the answers can be found.
Itching and scratching our way to a PFIC diagnosis
My childhood neighbor was a university lecturer. One of my earlier memories of her is when she told me, “Sophie, you aren’t nosy. You’re inquisitive,…
