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When I married my husband six and a half years ago, we were both looking forward to starting a family together and embarking upon a new and exciting future. Having children was a natural progression for us and one which was very central to our plans. Having failed to conceive naturally, however, we decided to seek some professional advice and thus embarked upon an arduous route of fertility treatment. We commenced IVF cycles on five occasions but three were abandoned half way through due to my poor response to the fertility drugs. On the remaining two occasions the cycles were completed but were unsuccessful. On each occasion our disappointment and heartache grew. Our sixth and final attempt using a frozen embryo ended abruptly with failure of the embryo to survive the thawing process. We were left deeply upset.

Throughout this process we have endeavoured to carry on with our lives and have tried to make the most of the things we have. The process has almost certainly helped to bring us even closer together as a couple. But over the years and as holidays and Christmases come and go, there is always an overwhelming sense of something missing…

I have now been told that my best chance of having a baby is through egg donation. My fertility levels are simply too low to realistically carry on trying myself and this is something we have both come to accept. Yet we have still not given up on our dream of having our own family. We know that being a parent can be difficult and tiring. But we have also seen how rewarding and joyous it can be. We would dearly love to have the opportunity to love and nurture a new life and experience all of the ups (and downs) of parenthood. But we can only do so with the help of a very special, generous woman willing to donate her eggs. Maybe that person is you? We know that it is asking an enormous amount for so little in return- except the eternal, heartfelt gratitude and thanks from a couple who continue to hope that their hopes may one day be realised.

Thank you for taking the time to read our story.

If you’d like more details on egg donation or a completely informal chat with Cathy — who’s been an egg donor herself — then please contact her either by email on [email protected] or by calling 07736 325 871.