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Hope at the Assisted Conception Unit
“Your ovaries are lovely.” Not something I’ve ever been told before, but the words wrapped themselves around me like a blanket as I sat nervously while the nurse reviewed the images from my ultrasound....
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Preparing for IVF – First steps (Medication)
Preparing to have IVF abroad is life on a knife edge, or rather, a needle point. There are so many different aspects to organise (medication, flights, accommodation, scans) and so many things that can...
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Information: Finding the cheapest way to have IVF
Forgive a brief interruption to the narrative flow of this memoir once again. I felt that it might be helpful to share some information. I recently posted on a fertility forum asking if there was...
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Preparing for IVF – Second scan (and all systems are go!)
I arrived early for my second scan. I recognised the auburn-haired nurse I’d seen the day before and she showed me into the scanning room straight away. This time, a friendly-faced male doctor with a...
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Frustration and fear at the Early Pregnancy Unit
After more than an hour of nervous waiting room magazine-flicking, it’s time for my ultrasound. I bombard the sonographer with dozens of questions the instant my turn arrives. The two main things I’m...
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Beyond the twelve week scan
Sunday 17th March was the date set for my twelve week scan. I’d been scanned at almost 9 weeks but it seemed like an eternity to wait. Three months was a real milestone – if I could only get through...
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Transfer to neonatal intensive care
A couple of hours after holding my son for the first time I returned to the SCBU, longing to feel his little body pressed against me. It would be over a week before I would be able to hold him again....
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A reponse to the Mail’s article about the UK’s NHS-funded sperm bank
The Mail on Sunday newspaper sank to a new low today. It skilfully managed to combine all three of its notorious characteristics – bias, bigotry and blatant ignorance – in a single article. The...
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