Heather Welford is a healthcare journalist, a regular commentator on public health issues and the author of 25 books and pamphlets on health topics.She has written for Parents magazine, where she answered readers' requests for advice. As a journalist, she has interviewed a number of individuals and couples whose lives have been touched by fertility issues. She has three children of her own, which, compounded with her professional experience, makes her a sympathetic and knowledgeable source on the subject.