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A letter to my infertile self
I am working on a new / old project. I am back on a project I worked on briefly just before I fell pregnant. And I don’t think I have even set foot through this clients’ doors since falling pregnant. As … Continue reading
Birthday Traditions
The last year has seen the babies fading and the little people emerging. And with that the way I see their birthday has changed completely. I don’t think I made much of a secret of the fact that their party … Continue reading
Imagine if the Royal Baby were an Infertility Miracle Baby
Imagine if Wills and Kate had needed donor sperm to conceive? What would that mean for the line of succession? It should make no difference. But maybe I come at this from the perspective of someone who had to consider … Continue reading
Posted in diui, donor sperm, family, fertility Treatment, Infertility, Male Factor Infertility
Tagged family, Infertility, Male Factor Infertility
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The Legacy of Infertility
So a few weeks back I had a dream which was clearly my subconscious trying to process the fact that I will probably never be pregnant again. I had a special response to that post from a friend and in … Continue reading
Posted in Breast Feeding, Dreams, fertility Treatment, Infertility, ivf, Pregnancy, TTC, Twins
Tagged Dream, family, Infertility, IVF, motherhood, pregnancy, twins
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The Twin Thing
I remember as a little girl being told that twins run in our family and being so excited at that. My Grandmother on my Dad’s side had twins, but she lost them and she never talked about them at all. … Continue reading
Posted in diui, family, fertility Treatment, Infertility, ivf, TTC, Twins
Tagged BFP, family, ICSI, IMSI, Infertility, IVF, twins
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Looking back on the final days of infertility
Every now and then I find myself browsing back through my blog posts. I find I keep returning to the posts during our successful cycle. And those first posts following the best news of our lives. I love reliving the anticipation … Continue reading
Aunty Kaka
My sister came to visit this weekend. I cannot express in words how much I miss her. I cannot say how much I wish she were still in all our lives on a daily basis, but especially for the Hope … Continue reading
Just Doing the Best we Can
My mother always said that one day when I was a mother myself I would understand better. And with tomorrow being the anniversary of my mother’s suicide and death I have to admit for one of the very few times … Continue reading
Overwhelming
Can it really be a whole month since I blogged? I have started so many days planning on writing a post, but somehow they never seem to happen. Then you realise that you have so much to say and tell … Continue reading
Posted in family, Friendship, Pregnancy, Twins
Tagged babyshower, family, friends, pregnancy, relationship, twins
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Choosing your Replacement
This post has been a very long time building up in my head, years in fact. It’s all about choosing god-parents or guardians for your kids. I can imagine no harder job than this one. As Chris and I are … Continue reading
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