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I’ve included the question of whether your twins are ‘IVF’ or ‘natural’ because you’d be amazed at how many people think it is their business. You have probably already been asked this, usually by Ms Nosey Parker.

My view, whether you conceived with the help of IVF or not, is to tell people a lie. Anyone tactless enough to ask deserves to be led astray. As long as those who conceived naturally are quick to answer ‘naturally’, as if there is something inherently better about this answer, then people will continue to ask. Perhaps you could ask a question back to Ms Parker, such as ‘What is IVF exactly?’ and then nod interestedly as she attempts to explain. Then ask her, regardless of whether she’s had children or not, whether she’s had IVF herself, because she seems such an authority on the subject.