• Mary's Donor Egg Journey: Part 2

    October 23, 2013

    Image courtesy of noppasinw/freedigitalphotos.net To read part 1, please click here. Another London rainy day, but I have sunshine in my heart as I write the follow-up to the first part of our latest TTC journey. We had a wedding to attend on the weekend prior to flying to Malaga on the Monday – I was…

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  • Mary's Donor Egg Journey: Part 1

    August 20, 2013

    Sat in a gloomy office in London, its grey outside and drizzling, the weather is matching my very melancholy mood today.  So it’s probably a good day to reflect back on my TTC journey of the last 3 years.  We initially went to our fantastic doctor, who referred us to the NHS sub-fertility unit in…

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  • A Big Decision

    July 6, 2013

    Our twins when they were embryos To perish or not to perish? That is the very important question Twin Daddy and I have had to ask ourselves this week. We have 7 frozen embryo’s and a number of vials of frozen sperm. We have already renewed our storage once and it’s that time of year…

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  • Egg Collection

    July 12, 2012

    Pineapple Juice Before I continue with this post, I should mention that two days before egg collection, I started to drink one small glass of (not from concentrate) pineapple juice a day. Apparently, pineapple juice contains an antioxidant called Selenium which helps to promote a healthy womb lining, which is thought to help aid implantation. Saturday, July…

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