An in vitro fertilization in the Philippines can cost as much asP300,000. Seulgi and Joohyun have been saving up for it through the years. They actually saved as much as P600,000, just so they can have another try just in case their first attempt failed.

Everything was so foreign to them at the start and they found the procedure intimidating, but they both studied how it's done, consulted several doctors, reached out to other couples who also went for this option.

It was nerve-wracking. But Joohyun really wants her own kids with Seulgi. Seulgi was okay either with or without having a child, but because it's what her palangga wanted, she knew it will give her the most joy, she went all in for it.

But life can really be sometimes unfair towards women.

Joohyun was the first to undergo the procedure. Carrying Seulgi's eggs with that of the from their donor, she had already been looking forward to seeing little bears running around, their own abunjing-abunjing with chubby cheeks creating a happy ruckus in their to be-built home.

But it failed.

The doctor said it may have been her age. She was in her mid-30s when they tried it. But it was just unfair, it was so wrong. It's as if the biological clock of women was built only to serve the desires of anyone else but them. It's as if they were given a deadline, their choice to be a mother significantly limited to a certain extent. It's like the choice to decide when they are ready to be a mother was ta