WHEN TO FREEZE YOUR EGGS
This is such a personal thing. Being unmarried and approaching 40 means more people telling you to freeze your eggs as “you aren’t getting any younger and if you want babies one day”… Well, after 9 attempts at IVF and still being unsuccessful, there is a lot of merit in this. I wish I had […]
#IVF: 6 TOP PRACTICAL TIPS
#IVF: 6 top practical tips Thin Needles – needles for injections come in various sizes so try and get the thinnest one you can. Your local chemist should stock these Skin numbing gel – get this from a chemist to help the injections not be so sore. Ice can also numb the area that you […]
HOW TO BE THERE WHEN SOMEONE ELSE IS PREGNANT
How to be there when someone else is pregnant The greatest betrayal of all and now I’m having my nose rubbed in it. Yip, your work colleague, a friend or a family member is pregnant. How on earth are you going to deal with them and the baby they are carrying. It feels so personal. […]
4 #IVF TIPS: I’VE BECOME BORING
As you get further along the IVF journey, you find that this is all you can think about and focus on. Meeting up with people and social situations leave you feeling like you have lost the ability to connect and be familiar with anyone… and that you have become boring! It is natural to withdraw […]