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Dear Virginia,I've had four tries at IVF. I became pregnant with one, but soon miscarried. The other attempts didn't work. Each time, I stopped working, relaxed – and each time it failed. Now I am having my last try, but I'm starting a stressful job, one that I know I'd enjoy and be good at. Should I ask them if I can start a month later, giving myself a chance to relax (at the risk of getting off to a bad start), or should I just go ahead and hope for the best? Yours sincerely, Miriam

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EUGENE, Oregon (Reuters) - World champion Tyson Gay's dream of an Olympics double ended in pain when he crashed out of the U.S. 200 meters quarter-finals on Saturday.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Firefighters in California have fended off a blaze threatening more than 3,000 homes in and around the coastal town of Goleta and are turning their attention to preventing its spread toward the nearby picturesque city of Santa Barbara, officials said on Saturday.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is under fire from a handful of parents who work at the company's Silicon Valley offices for price hikes in the cost of on-site day care services, the New York Times reported on Saturday.

A unique collection of royal letters, photographs and artefacts is to go up for auction.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Alabama will be the likely home of a new Volkswagen manufacturing plant, beating two other states, German industry newsletter Automobilwoche said on Saturday, citing senior company sources.

Fans await the end of the current series of Doctor Who, after a major cliffhanger in the penultimate episode.

A 22-month-old girl is in a serious condition with multiple fractures after an incident involving a bus.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Mississippi River, the most important U.S. commercial waterway, reopened to water navigation on Saturday after much of it was closed for nearly a month due to the worst flooding in 15 years.

A 'have-a-go hero' twarts an attempt by two men to kidnap a postman in the Gressham Street area of Belfast city centre.

Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness is in Baghdad to launch a new peace initiative between opposing Iraqi factions.

Laura Robson becomes the first Briton since 1984 to win the Wimbledon girls' singles title.

A 25-year-old man is charged with a series of drug and gun related offences following a raid at a house in Belfast.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. defending champion Joey Chestnut won the annual Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Friday by downing 64 hot dogs in a competition that stretched into a first-ever overtime.

Labour MSP Margaret Curran says she will stand as a candidate for the Glasgow East by-election after the frontrunner drops out.

Colourful costumes at the UK's biggest gay pride parade

A plaque is unveiled in NHS founder Aneurin Bevan's constituency to mark the health service's 60th birthday.

Police hunting for a missing sex offender appeal for information about the car he is believed to be using.