Easter has been and gone in a blur. It’s the first year that R and M have really understood the concept of Easter. I planned ahead what I wanted to do and got everything ready. I bought some plastic eggs from a pound shop – the kind which can be opened up to allow you…
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Mary’s Donor Egg Journey – The Final Part
Read moreWanting to close this chapter in my life, I thought a good way to do it would be to write the final part of this story, which has taken since 2008 to get to! I left off last time with the good news on my beta results which indicated twins as the numbers were high. …
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Mary's Donor Egg Journey: Part 2
Read moreImage courtesy of noppasinw/freedigitalphotos.net To read part 1, please click here. Another London rainy day, but I have sunshine in my heart as I write the follow-up to the first part of our latest TTC journey. We had a wedding to attend on the weekend prior to flying to Malaga on the Monday – I was…
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Mary's Donor Egg Journey: Part 1
Read moreSat in a gloomy office in London, its grey outside and drizzling, the weather is matching my very melancholy mood today. So it’s probably a good day to reflect back on my TTC journey of the last 3 years. We initially went to our fantastic doctor, who referred us to the NHS sub-fertility unit in…
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Egg Collection
Read morePineapple Juice Before I continue with this post, I should mention that two days before egg collection, I started to drink one small glass of (not from concentrate) pineapple juice a day. Apparently, pineapple juice contains an antioxidant called Selenium which helps to promote a healthy womb lining, which is thought to help aid implantation. Saturday, July…