fertility

The method requires significant refinement - which could take a decade - before a fertility clinic could even consider using it.

"But I didn't want my fertility, I wanted my quality of life."

Dowden, who made history as Strictly's first Welsh professional dancer in 2017, has been candid about her experiences of the disease, including having a mastectomy, chemotherapy, and fertility treatment.

That refers to an attack on Gaza's largest fertility clinic that reportedly destroyed around 4000 embryos and 1000 sperm samples and unfertilised eggs.

She first visited the hospital after experiencing fertility struggles and sought support from the gynaecology department in 2018.