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‘If you want to have a child, why wait for a man?’

The number of single women going through IVF or artificial insemination in the UK has more than tripled in a decade, according to new figures.

Between 2012 and 2022, the number of women having fertility treatment on their own jumped from 1,400 to 4,800, a report from the fertility regulator shows.

Experts and women who have planned single parenthood say more women putting off children until they are older and not finding stable partner are among the factors fuelling the increase.

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