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My Ten Commandments of Donor Insemination
Lately I get a lot of questions about how Eden was conceived – a lot of the time from ladies and couples who are trying to conceive in the same way. As a couple who tried for twenty four months with … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, artificial insemination, doctor, donor, donor sperm, donors, insemination, legal advice, natural insemination, opk, ovulation, Sperm donor, sperm donors
Tagged artificial insemination, baby, children, contracts, donor, infertility, insemination, legal, lesbian, lgbt, natural insemination, pregnancy, sperm, sperm donor, two dads, two mums, two week wait
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Cd11 – Dr visit and ZOINKS!
This morning was my visit to the Dr. I came prepared having printed off the clinical guidelines for infertility referral and I came straight out and asked him to refer me to the hospital for tests.
Posted in 2015, doctor, Donations, donor, donor sperm, donors, dr, fertility, infertility, let down, opk, PCOS, positive
Tagged dr, early ovulatiom, let down, opk, positive
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Paging Dr “Duh”!
This evening I had an appointment with the “fertility specialist” at my GP surgery. You’ll see the reason for the quote marks around fertility specialist as the post goes on… You may remember that after we lost Squishy in July … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, 2ww, clinics, Clomid, cycle days, doctor, dr, Education, fertility, infertility
Tagged clomid, doctor, stupid advice
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I’m VERY Bad At Waiting
Four days post ovulation over here. Yup. Just four days! This two week wait seems to be dragging like a biiiiitch. I think it’s because I ovulated early and therefore know we are in with a good chance this cycle. … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, 2ww, Clomid, cycle days, doctor, health, infertility, nausea, opk, symptom, symptom spotting, symptoms, ttc, two week wait
Tagged two week wait
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National Fertility Awareness Week 2014 – Our Story
This week is National Fertility Awareness Week. As someone who has dealt with infertility (as many have), I think it is so important that people think about and understand infertility a little bit. Understand how upsetting it can be. Stop … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Anxiety, babies, baby, bfn, bfp, child, couple, cycle days, depression, difficulty, doctor, Dogs, Donations, donor, donor sperm, dr, fail, family, fear, fertility, fertility friend, gay, healthy, infertility, insemination, lesbian, lesbians, let down, lgbt, London, loss, Miscarriage, missed cycles, mothers, mum, mummies, mummy, natural insemination, opk, ovaries, parenting, parents, partner, PCOS, periods, pregnancy, pregnant, relationship, Scan, sperm, Sperm donor, Squishy, stress, Superhero Donor, support, symptom, symptom spotting, symptoms, ttc, two week wait, women
Tagged #NFAWUK, our infertility Story
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Clomid No Go
It’s cycle day six here. I didn’t get my clomid. I went back and forth trying to get the Dr to phone me back and nothing – I still haven’t had a call back. It annoys me that I am … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Clomid, difficulty, doctor, donor, Sperm donor, Superhero Donor
Tagged clomid, doctor
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The Clomid Chronicles
I’m going to start this entry by saying that I am incredibly grateful for the NHS in this country. Just the testing I have had since infertility happened would have set me back a hell of a lot in many … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Clomid, cycle days, difficulty, doctor, fertility, infertility, NHS, PCOS, periods
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Twenty Eight Days On…
It’s now been twenty eight days since we lost Squishy. Not a whole lot has changed in that time, and I still haven’t had a positive ovulation test despite doing them every day. I figured I would post an update … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, doctor, fertility, infertility, London
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Papa, Eden & Me 