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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Egg donation: bringing the gift full circle
Gina donated eggs after she became a mum through sperm donation. We have our children thanks to a very generous sperm donor who donated to us for 2 1/2 years until we finally conceived. My partner is female, so in order to have a family we were always going to need help. So ever since […]
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