Topics: ITV, This Morning, Sex and Relationships
A woman who's described as being 'allergic' to her husband has detailed the struggles of married life as they try to start a family.
I mean, you want the person you're married to be the love of your life, so if you're 'allergic' to your other half, then that's not exactly a recipe for success, right?
That's exactly the problem facing Alex Murphy Klein, as she realised that she was unable to conceive when she and her husband Paul wanted to start their own family.
Alongside Paul, Alex said on ITV's This Morning how her and her husband's genes 'repel' from each other - meaning they are unable to have children.
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The couple, who tied the knot in 2023, started trying for a baby two years into their marriage, but quickly encountered issues.
"We started trying to conceive a little over two years ago," Alex explained. "We thought it would happen quickly and naturally, as you do. A year went by and nothing happened.
"I had tests and they found nothing wrong. Same with Paul."
Alex and Paul then went down the route of IVF, but that was unsuccessful, too.
"Unfortunately, that round of IVF didn’t work. We were getting ready to go for a second round and I just had to put the brakes on. My body works, his works, so we needed to figure out what was actually happening," Alex added.
Following that, Alex and Paul found an at-home medical blood testing kit from a company called Fertilysis, which provided some much-needed answers.
"They send you these tests in the mail and you give them blood vials. We went down to the pharmacy, got our bloods drawn, sent them overseas to Greece, and we ended up finding out that we have a genetic predisposition that makes me incompatible with Paul's DNA, which is crazy," she said.
"I have this thing called Kir AA, and Paul has this gene called HLAC2. And what it is is when they come together, they kind of repel."
She continued: "My genes kind of put the brakes on and say, 'Let's attack this.' And so, no matter what we had done at that point in time, it wouldn't have worked if we had tried IVF again or if we continued.
"But luckily, I think we made the right decision by taking a break and saying, 'Let's find let's get to the bottom of it.' Because I don't like that buzz word, 'unexplained infertility'."
Paul went on to say their baby journey has been 'extremely difficult' and it got to the point where he felt 'helpless'.
But the couple haven't given up hope, and they are currently in the process of treatment, which they hope one day will result in them concieving a baby naturally.
