Once a couple of infertiles sign on for a donor egg cycle they kind of expect fireworks, girls marching to the accompaniment of a big brass band. At the very least the unfurling of a couple of streamers and the tossing of a handful of confetti would even suffice.
After great soul searching, we opened our minds and aging reproductive organs to the whole donor egg thing. We went on a clinic donor egg waiting list. We undertook mandatory counselling. We did all the stuff that is expected of couples in this position and even a bit more. Continue reading “Which way to BabyCo?”
So there we were in the midst of the longest IVF lay-off known to this pair of infertiles.
In an instant it all changed. The world turned upside down.
One telephone call was all it took. Continue reading Now…..where were we?
Contrary to advice Teddy Lifeslurper kept all FSH in the one basket.
Sometimes the planets fail to line up in our favour.
Often life goes into a dark eclipse as the heavens throw us into chaos. While others enjoy light displays in the skies above us, the only clue of recent activity is the giant craters in my ovaries.
Our fifth IVF cycle is over. It ended prematurely last week. There has been plenty of time to dwell on its failure since. The stars had fated this from the outset. The entire cycle seemed out of kilter, error upon mix up, topped with communication problems – it just never felt right.
As I was being put ‘under’ Monday week ago, ahead of my egg pick up (EPU) I had a slight panic.
Continue reading Aiming for the IVF stars
“I want to know why clouds
Come in between you and I”
From You in the Sky by Mike Scott
The honest truth is that lately I feel you have not really been there for me. Wherever ‘there’ is!
I suspect that supporting me through this is too much to ask of you, and now you are getting tired.
Continue reading Relationship Clouds
