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Lucy Edwards: Why I want an IVF baby to screen out gene that made me go blind

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Lucy Edwards has the rare genetic condition Incontinentia Pigmenti ( IP ) and lost her sight aged 17 .

She and her husband Ollie are having IVF to screen out the gene that made her blind.

Lucy says IVF will edit out the very thing that has made her a journalist, advocate, author and broadcaster.

Lucy Edwards is overjoyed by the prospect of IVF treatment.

But she has been frank about the fact she currently does not qualify for IVF .

She will need to lose 9kg to qualify for three rounds of treatment on the NHS .

Lucy will inject herself with trigger shots to stimulate the follicles within her ovaries.

VR Score

51

Informative language

40

Neutral language

80

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informal

Language

English

Language complexity

39

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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