This is a thank you letter from one of our Altrui couples, who went through a donation cycle in November and have just found out the results. “I wanted to share with you the good news. We heard back from the doctor today and my blood level shows there is a positive pregnancy!!! :) We […]
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Donating eggs in the US: 7 things to think about
There’s been a lot in the news recently about women going to the US to donate eggs. While to some this may seem appealing at first sight, there are a few issues that haven’t been covered in the news articles which you might like to consider too. The way US fertility clinics operate is not […]
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Two-week wait: 0 days to go. The day!
An Altrui couple talk about their feelings on diary day two of their two week wait. Today: our couple finally get their test results. We lasted until 6am. Ensuring that I had consumed plenty of water throughout my sleepless night I was ready to pee all over that stick!! I had never been so ready. […]
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Two week wait: one day to go
An Altrui couple talk about their feelings on diary day two of their two week wait. Today: panicking about spotting. 1 DAY TO GO. I cannot believe that TOMORROW we find out if we are pregnant. My excited feeling soon disappeared as soon as I went to the toilet. I wiped myself and there was […]
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Two-week wait: two days to go
An Altrui couple talk about their feelings on diary day six of their two week wait. Today: the tears. Waking up still feeling nauseous. Lovely feeling. I dragged myself into work; unable to disguise my symptoms I sat and obsessed over every pungent smell in the office. It didn’t usually smell so offensive. Opening the […]
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Two-week wait: three days to go
An Altrui couple talk about their feelings on diary day seven of their two week wait. Today: is nausea a good sign? This morning we met friends for breakfast which was lovely as it kept my mind active whilst doing lovely things, and eating yummy food. It was not until after eating breakfast (and a […]
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Two-week wait: four days to go
An Altrui couple talk about their feelings on diary day six of their two week wait. Today: second-guessing. Lie-in completed, I rolled out of bed into the shower and pulled on a pair of loosely fitting clean pyjamas. No more of this tight trouser malarkey. Today was going to be a day of comfort and, […]
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Two week wait: five days to go
An Altrui couple talk about their feelings on diary day five of their two week wait. Today: tiredness. It’s FRIDAY. Thank goodness. I know that I have only worked half a week but I am shattered. Not the usual kind of tired, I mean if there was an Olympic event in Tiredness, I would be […]
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Two week wait: six days to go
An Altrui couple talk about their feelings on diary day four of their two week wait. Today - bloating? Getting up for work was a struggle today. Being back at work had really taken it out of me. I was having a conversation with one of the girls at work about how I was feeling. […]
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Two week wait: seven days to go
An Altrui couple talk about their feelings on diary day three of their two week wait. Today - acupuncture! Hi ho hi ho, it’s back to work I go. This was something that I toyed with for a while – whether to return to work within the two week wait. I went over and over […]
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Two week wait: eight days to go
An Altrui couple talk about their feelings on diary day three of their two week wait. “8 DAYS TO GO”. We had our goddaughter and her mummy coming for lunch today. Armed with a shopping list, my husband trotted off to the shops to pick up some bits for lunch, whist I continued my Disney […]
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Two week wait: Nine days to go
An Altrui couple talk about their feelings on diary day two of their two week wait. There is never a break from thinking about our journey to pregnancy. I have had dreams about looking down the microscope at our embryos. So even in our slumber, we cannot avoid it. I have adopted shouting out how […]
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Two week wait: Ten days to go
An Altrui couple talk about their feelings on diary day one of their two week wait. Agenda for the day: Lie on the sofa, drink plenty of water, watch Disney back to back and frantically Google foods to avoid in pregnancy. I had a sudden panic of whether I could eat mascarpone cheese. Oh dear, […]
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The two-week wait: Embryo transfer day
For the next ten days we follow an Altrui couple who received eggs from one of our donors. This is their diary as they wait to find out whether embryo transfer has worked and they are pregnant. Another sleepless night. Of course, we woke up before our alarm went off. The count down to this […]
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