内容摘要：last week that major airlines were charging more for passengers booking a single ticket.

last week that major airlines were charging more for passengers booking a single ticket.

decided it was time to stop — and what she realized next was unexpected.The 46-year-old British podcaster and novelist, who hosts the podcast

says she always knew she wanted to have kids. Growing up in a heteronormative family with two sisters and two parents, Day believed she was going to be a mother from the very beginning."I don't think I ever questioned the fact that I would have children," she tells PEOPLE.Day, who grew up attending an all-girls school, explains that she went on birth control when she became sexually active and was on the pill for 14 years before she stopped taking it after getting married to her first husband.

"I thought, because there is this idea that if you come off the pill, there's this sort of fertility boost sometimes and you can get pregnant at the drop of a hat," Day says. "And so I thought that might happen, but actually it didn't happen at all. And that's when I started exploring whether there was something awry."Day spent two years trying to get pregnant with her ex-husband before she decided to see a doctor, a time period which she calls a "very lonely experience." Ultimately, she was told she had "unexplained infertility."

"[It's] a deeply unhelpful diagnosis because there's no explanation, so no one's quite sure how to treat it, so they just throw stuff at a wall and see what sticks," she explains.

The doctors also told her she had a bicornuate uterus which, according toAt 38 kgs (83 lbs), Charlie was in desperate need of help. He also had sore spots on his legs and under his stomach. With the assistance of kind Burmese workers, Lara carefully got him lifted into her vehicle, and so began his journey to a new life. Through structured care and unwavering dedication, Charlie’s world started to change for the better.

On Charlie’s first day at Koh Koh Pups rescue, Lara started him on a strict diet, feeding him small portions. By the next day, she gently encouraged movement by having him follow his food around. Within a few days, Charlie could stand and walk on his own. Before long, he was playing with the other dogs.In just six months, Charlie shed 11 kgs (24 lbs). His painful sores healed, and his dirty, matted fur was shaved off to reveal a bright, handsome pup beneath it all. Reflecting on his transformation, Lara jokes, “It’s like we put him in the wash and he is shrunk.”

Charlie lived near a busy beach frequented by tourists who, with good intentions, fed him fried chicken, pork, and other human food for years. Unfortunately, thiscaused Charlie to gain excessive weight, eventually leaving him severely obese and unable to move.