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Category Archives: trying to conceive
My Fertility Specialist Magazine and Our Fertility Story
I was asked to contribute an article for the free, online My Fertility Specialist magazine, and I’m delighted to let you know that you can now read my article as the latest issue is now available. If you don’t know … Continue reading →
Posted in 2015, artificial insemination, assistance, baby, baby Chip, baby Eden, baby girl, clinics, Clomid, difficulty, donation, Donations, donor, donor sperm, donors, family, fear, fertility, first baby, gay, healthcare, hospital, inclusivity, infertility, Infertility, insemination, lesbian, lesbians, lgbt, London, Miscarriage, opk, positive test, pregnancy, pregnancy after loss, pregnant, Scan, sperm, Sperm donor, Squishy, stigma, stress, Superhero Donor, support, survival, symptom, symptom spotting, symptoms, trying to conceive, two mums
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Tagged article, fertility story, lgbt, magazine, my fertility specialist, tw mums
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One Year On…
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
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Tagged healing, loss, miscarriage, pregnancy after loss, squishy
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Getting That Big Fat Positive After Loss
(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
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Tagged bfp, lesbians, mum to be, pregnant, two week wait
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Superhero Donor’s Point Of View – Should Donors Vet Their Recipients?
It’s been a while, but here is another entry by our fabulous Superhero Donor. Enjoy! (Anything in brackets and italics are snippets of my input) —– Should a donor vet potential recipients? As a donor, you have as much responsibility … Continue reading →
Posted in 2015, bfn, bfp, child, donation, Donations, donor, donor sperm, donors, infertility, Infertility, insemination, lesbian, lesbians, mother, mothers, opk, relationship, Sperm donor, Superhero Donor, trying to conceive, ttc
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Tagged children, future, recipients, sperm donor, superhero donor
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First Clomid Two Week Wait – 1dpo
Today is one day post ovulation. Ovulation day was yesterday, as signalled by some absolutely monster cramps that thankfully all went away by yesterday afternoon. With inseminations three days before and one day before ovulation we have done all that … Continue reading →
Posted in 2015, 2ww, donor, donor sperm, home, infertility, Infertility, insemination, opk, ovulation, sperm, Sperm donor, Superhero Donor, trying to conceive, ttc, two week wait
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Magpies and Ladybirds…
Do you ever look at silly signs and superstitions when trying to conceive? Me and a few friends have a funning joke about seeing ladybirds (ladybugs in the USA) meaning that you are pregnant, which spawned from a woman actually … Continue reading →
Posted in 2015, fertility, infertility, ladybirds, magpies, signs, silly, trying to conceive
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Tagged infertility, trying to conceive
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Geeking Out on Cycle Stats
Long time blog followers will know that I was actually first prescribed metformin in 2012, but I took myself off it in 2013, as it was prescribed to help with the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and with trying to concieve. Apparently … Continue reading →
Posted in 2014, charting, charts, cycle days, fertility friend, infertility, lesbian, opk, PCOS, temperature, temping, trying to conceive
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The Next Chapter
Today is two whole weeks since Squishy left us. In some ways it feels like five minutes. In other ways it seems like an absolute life time. It’s been two weeks of to and fro and up and down. Two … Continue reading →
Posted in 2014, baby, bfn, bfp, child, conceive, difficulty, donor, donor sperm, fertility, infertility, insemination, lesbian, lesbians, London, loss, Miscarriage, opk, Sperm donor, Squishy, Superhero Donor, trying to conceive
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Tagged baby, conceive, conception, domnir, new chapter, squishy, trying, waiting, wishing
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Fun With Dates
Having some fun. This is all part of my positive thinking. Having a baby is going to happen for us at some point, so I’m going to do this every cycle! If we get caught this month this is the … Continue reading →
Posted in babies, baby, bfn, bfp, child, children, conceive, couple, Donations, donor, donor sperm, donors, family, fertility, fertility friend, happy, healthy, insemination, lesbian, lesbians, mother, mothers, mum, mummies, mummy, newborn. Baby, opk, partner, positive, positive test, pregnancy, pregnant, symptom spotting, trying, trying to conceive, ttc
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Tagged baby, boy, girl, planning, trying
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Sperm Donation: Changing Lives
We were recently contacted by the London Sperm Bank, London’s most respected Sperm Bank, to ask if they could write a guest post for us. I’m always interested in hearing all points of view on sperm donation, so here is … Continue reading →
Posted in artificial insemination, Donations, donor, donor sperm, donors, infertility, insemination, Sperm donor, trying to conceive
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Papa, Eden & Me 