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Whilst she says the stories of the women in the show "are not based on anything I've been through", she was "definitely inspired" by practising to be a lawyer.

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Rebecca Kearns, from Fertility Matters at Work, co-founded the group with two other women after they all experienced their own difficulties undergoing IVF whilst trying to keep afloat in the workplace.

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Whilst it is unlikely the issue becomes law without official government backing, she is seeking to get it "firmly on the government's radar".

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"I just feel people don't realise the effects of taking it, particularly whilst driving. If you could sit in my shoes for a minute you wouldn't do it."

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Sally Pavey, chair of Cagne, said the airport expansion would involve "significant increases in noise and more pressure on our sewage system, whilst increasing global warming".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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