‘The process is shockingly void of communication’: how a graphic novel aims to illuminate IVF

Two Week Wait is Luke and Kelly Jackson’s response to the challenges of fertility treatment – beyond the medical facts

A man stands in the doorway of a bathroom, brushing his teeth. His wife lies in bed, reading. “So… ummm… are we going to…?” she asks. He pauses for a moment, then enters the bedroom. They have a conversation about sex, ovulation, cycles. It’s clinical, almost business-like.

So begins Two-Week Wait, a graphic novel following a couple, Joanne and Conrad, on their journey towards parenthood. Based on the experiences of authors Kelly and Luke C Jackson, as well as people they interviewed, the book is a compelling, harrowing portrait of the difficulties faced by the one in 50 Australian couples trying to conceive.

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