Sat 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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A Big Decision
Read moreOur twins when they were embryos To perish or not to perish? That is the very important question Twin Daddy and I have had to ask ourselves this week. We have 7 frozen embryo’s and a number of vials of frozen sperm. We have already renewed our storage once and it’s that time of year…
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Anonomum’s Story
Read moreBesides losing my Dad to cancer, trying for kids was the most stressful experience of my life – and my Dad died in the middle of it – which made it much harder. For 5 long years we went through that awful cycle of; planning when I’d be ovulating, having sex at the right time…
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Cuddles
Read moreWhen our girls were babies, I absolutely loved it when they fell asleep on my chest. I loved cuddling them and watching them sleeping peacefully. They soon grew out of it though and I wondered if I would ever have any more cuddles from them! The last month, both girls have learnt how to cuddle…
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Sleeping Update
Read moreThings haven’t been great lately with regard to the girls night time sleep. Their daytime naps are fine. They still have a 30 minute nap at 9am, followed by a 90 minute nap after lunch, at 1230pm. Night time, however, has become harder. Both girls would wake more or less within an hour of us…
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Knowing what I know now….
Read moreHindsight is a wonderful thing! Knowing what I know now about being a twin parent, I thought I would share with you what I would do differently if I could start again! * Put our girls in the same moses basket/cot for naps and bedtime. This is so they get used to each others noise…
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Does it get easier?
Read moreI’ve written quite a few posts since starting our blog a few months back and in a few of those posts I have said that I found the first 6 months the easiest. The first month of our girls lives was spent in special care. Now, obviously that wasn’t easy. Suffice to say that was…
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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…