A rural mother has to travel six hours interstate every fortnight as she expands her family, an emotional quest that has likely cost her more than $100,000.
Sophie Fletcher, a farmer and mother-of-two from Walcha, in northern NSW, has also taken several 10-hour round trips just to get guaranteed same-day turnaround on blood tests for fertility treatment.
She has to go to these extraordinary lengths to get specialised care on the Gold Coast in Queensland, amid a dearth of local fertility services.
