Overview
- Robyn says she pursued in vitro fertilization, a treatment that fertilizes an egg outside the body, as a single woman in her early 40s after a 2020 breakup.
- She recalls doing multiple rounds and not knowing if it would work, calling the experience “pretty hardcore” and “a f***ing roller coaster.”
- She had frozen eggs at 34 but later let go of the plan to have a child in a stable heterosexual relationship, a shift she says initially felt like failure.
- She welcomed her son, Tyko, in July 2023 and says raising him alone is “very, very taxing,” a concern shaped by watching her mother struggle after her parents’ divorce.
- She notes IVF can take a physical and psychological toll yet also costs money many people do not have, a point that could spur wider discussion about access and support for single parents.