I’ve been sitting on this post for a while but it felt appropriate to post it at the end of mental health awareness week. The world is struggling right now. Everyone has had their limits pushed and the ground has shifted beneath us all. The saying “it’s ok not to be ok” is bounding about and it is true. None…
Category: Fertility Treatment
Posts about the IUI journey I am embarking on using donor sperm.
My Journey Through Time
I’ve been mulling over ideas for a 1st birthday post. I could do something soppy or profound. I could tell my birth story but I’m still too traumatised to do that. So I thought I’d put the timeline of my journey in a post. Getting to Scarlett’s first birthday is a big thing, so how did I get here? The…
Embryo Transfer – One Year On
I’ve been trying to write a blog post but someone doesn’t like sleeping in the day and when she does I don’t like putting her down. From a practical point of view she sleeps longer when on me so why would I risk putting her down, but the real reason is that I love our sleepy cuddles. Scarlett slept on…
Mother’s Day – My Turn At Last
Today is Mother’s Day in the UK. It’s a day I’ve found hard my whole adult life. A day that reminded me that so many people around me were mummies and had these beautiful little people in their lives. I have so many special children in my world and I am so lucky to be a part of their lives…
Antenatal classes: My exciting, terrifying and special first class
I’ve wanted to go to NCT antenatal classes since I was 9 years old. I know that probably sounds very strange, what 9 year old knows about NCT classes? My best friend’s mum ran them and I used to love it if I was there to see all the pregnant ladies arrive. I remember one time being there for the…
New Year and New Life
Hello! I have been horrendously absent for months now but feel like the first day of this new year is the perfect time to start blogging again. New Year is usually a very tough time for me, I have battled with depression and anxiety for over 20 years and find the prospect of marking another year off the calendar…
What a Rollercoaster!
Oh my goodness this last week has been an intense rollercoaster of emotions. Egg Retrieval Day To everyone who reassured me that I would be out cold, that the sedation would sent be completely to sleep and I would wake up once it was done… You all LIED!!! I was sedated but very much conscious throughout. I think this is…
Trigger Happy!
I have reached egg retrieval time. I can’t quite get my head around the fact that I am at this stage. The info part Egg retrieval in an IVF cycle is when they collect the eggs that your ovaries have been growing reading to be fertilised in the lab. When I was scanned on Friday I had follicles (cysts that…
Post Stim Scan Number 1!
The next step of my IVF journey happened today when I went back to the clinic for my first post stimulation scan. This scan is to see how my ovaries have responded to the drugs. I started injecting Menopur last Tuesday, I did 150ml for 3 days and then reduced my dosage to 112ml. My dosage needs to be reduced…
Third Time Lucky
I have been missing in action for several months now. My computer died and due to my extreme anxiety when it comes to making phone calls I didn’t do anything to get it fixed for a long time. It is now back in my possession and at the perfect time because I am just starting the next step of my…