Scan-ticipation revisited…
Yup, it’s scan day again tomorrow…CD11…it’s getting to the business end of things now! We’re hoping things have gone well and that tomorrow’s scan shows us a good clutch of follies, all getting up...
View ArticleER – turning your daddy into a girly…
Hi kids. (Added in later – sorry for the length of this rambling post – just an awful lot of thoughts and feelings to deal with today, and this sort-of feels like my only outlet) It’s Sunday lunch-time...
View ArticleTears, laughter and some much needed sleep…
Well, kids…it was a big day today…for a number of reasons. Firstly, today was ER for us, but I’ll tell you all about that later. There were a good few people on the Fertilicare forum having a big day...
View ArticleShiver me timbers…
It’s getting exciting now!!! Just a quick update for you guys… Your mom phoned the clinic earlier today to check up on you guys… 3 embies doing well (2 at 4 cell stage and 1 at 3 cell stage). Transfer...
View Article“You’re basically a minivan…”
Hi kids. It was another big day in the HopelesslyTTC/HopefullyTCC household just a couple of days ago…ET day. I was all set to write a post playing on the “back on board the Mother Ship” idea, even...
View ArticleA Guys guide to Infertility…part 1 of 4,856,782
Hi Kids, for the second post in a row, I’m afraid I’m posting for any and all other people out there rather than to you two…unless of course our MFI is hereditary, in which case this post is to you too...
View ArticleA Guys guide to IF – Part 4 – the sexist truth
So you’re here…you’re sitting in front of your designated fertility god. You and your missus are finally meeting him face to face and you’re desperately relieved to find he doesn’t look the slightest...
View ArticleThe Semen Analysis (The ‘take-out’ option) – A Guys guide to IF – part 5
If you are a guy, and you and your partner are infertile, you will be experiencing the bitter-sweet joy of a semen analysis some time or other. There’s no escaping it. You can cry like a little girl,...
View ArticleGulliver’s travels come to an abrupt end…
Hey Kids. Well, it’s been a very difficult few weeks – maybe the most difficult few weeks since we started trying to bring you into our lives. We tried another IVF cycle…but it’s finally been cancelled...
View ArticleStaring at the wrong side…
Hi Kids, I’m very conscious of the fact that I often seem to start a conversation with you guys, by apologising for the long time since my previous post. It seems to be a recurrent theme, and as you...
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