Category Archives: baby

One Year On…

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Papa, Eden & Me

It’s been a year today since what was probably the worst day of mine and Amy’s lives so far.

Posted in 2015, baby, difficulty, doctor, donor, donor sperm, first trimester, future, hospital, infertility, lesbian, lesbians, lgbt, London, Miscarriage, pregnancy, pregnant, Scan, Squishy, stigma, stress, support, survival, trying to conceive | Tagged healing, loss, miscarriage, pregnancy after loss, squishy | 6 Comments

Our Announcement – How We Told The World!

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Papa, Eden & Me

We had been planning how we would announce for a VERY long time! But there are so many great ideas around! Should we use the dogs? A chalk board? Four pictures one word? A comic strip? So many choices! We … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015, babies, baby, baby Chip, buckingham palace, child, Chip, christmas, christmas baby, couple, first trimester, garden party, gay, lesbian, lesbians, lgbt, mummies, mummy, pregnancy, pregnant, twelve weeks | Tagged announcement, baby, lesbian mums, pregnancy, telling family, telling friends | 8 Comments

Seeing Chip! AKA – The Best Day Ever!

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Papa, Eden & Me

(Another post from the past few weeks)

Posted in baby, Chip, Scan, seven weeks | Tagged 2015, baby, baby bond, first scan, scanxiety | 4 Comments

Scanxiety…

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Papa, Eden & Me

(Another post from the past few weeks between getting BFP and announcing)

Posted in 2015, baby, baby Chip, Scan, scanxiety | Tagged baby chip, early pregnancy, hoping, loss, miscarriage, pregnancy after infertility, pregnancy after loss, scan | 5 Comments

Getting That Big Fat Positive After Loss

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Papa, Eden & Me

(After our announcement, I wanted to share some posts that I wrote before we announced. So, the next few posts will be from my “drafts” folder)

Posted in 2015, 2ww, Anxiety, baby, baby Chip, bbt, bfp, charting, charts, Clomid, conceive, cramps, cycle days, donation, Donations, donor, donor sperm, donors, fertility, fertility friend, infertility, Infertility, insemination, lesbian, lesbians, London, Miscarriage, mother, mothers, mum, mummies, mummy, opk, ovulation, positive, positive test, pregnancy, pregnant, signs, spearmint, spearmint tea, Sperm donor, Squishy, Superhero Donor, symptom, symptom spotting, symptoms, temperature, temping, trying, trying to conceive, two week wait, women | Tagged bfp, lesbians, mum to be, pregnant, two week wait | 10 Comments

Won’t Your Kids Get Bullied For Having Two Mums?

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Papa, Eden & Me

One of the questions I often get asked when I mention Amy and I having a baby in the future is “but won’t they get bullied for having two mums?” Reasonable question, maybe. Or maybe not. I grew up in … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015, Anxiety, babies, baby, leelahalcorn | Tagged bullies, leelah alcorn, love, parents, respect | 10 Comments

8DPO – Christmas and Going Insane

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Papa, Eden & Me

Merry Christmas to all my lovely readers and fellow bloggers! I hope today sees you filled with food and spending time with family. We had a quiet Christmas Day yesterday. Just Amy, me and the dogs. We didn’t have gifts … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, 2ww, artificial insemination, babies, baby, bfn, bfp, cervical mucus, cervix, charting, charts, clinics, Clomid, cramps, cycle days, Dogs, donor, donor sperm, donors, fertility, infertility, insemination, luteal phase, nausea, NHS, opk, PCOS, symptom, symptom spotting, symptoms, ttc, two week wait | Tagged christmas, symptom spotting, two week wait | 10 Comments

Starting the Two Week Wait…

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Papa, Eden & Me

The OPK is decidedly negative this evening.

Posted in 2014, 2ww, baby, charting, cycle days | Tagged two week wait | 16 Comments

Isn’t Fate A Funny Thing?

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Papa, Eden & Me

Apologies for the silence on the blogosphere lately. I’ve been working twelve hour shift sall weekend, but thankfully now it’s three down and only five more to go – ever! +please note. This entry contains scenarios and descriptions that some … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, achievements, babies, baby, Miscarriage | Tagged call, emergency, fate | 2 Comments

Getting Healthy For Baby… Or For Me?

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Papa, Eden & Me

Since we went over twelve cycles, I class Amy and I as “Long Term Trying To Conceive”. I was thinking back today to how we were when we first started trying for a baby, all the things that we thought … Continue reading →