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As he’s affectionately named by my friends. Every time they ask how things are with him, there’s ALWAYS been an issue or drama. I don’t even know where to start with this tale, it’s so long wind...

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If I’m allowed to just keep my head down and plod on, I’m fine. If anything out of routine/plan occurs, I find I have very limited patience and a very short threshold for crying unexpectedly. I f...

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I didn’t think I’d have to write this entry. I can’t remember if I wrote the first time my mum had cancer. She was diagnosed with Acute Promyelocitic Leukaemia (APML) in March 2011. She was livi...

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I haven’t written in absolutely ages. Two years I think. It’s hard to know where to even start, so I guess I’ll just post a quick outline of the last two/three years then elaborate in future entr...

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I had such a lovely evening yesterday. We have had such amazing support from our families throughout the whole IVF process that I thought it would be nice to get to bring our mums and sisters to ...

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After receiving a lovely note today (Thankyou!), I realised I haven’t written in ages! Just done my usual lurking about. I’m 14 weeks + 4, we’ve had our viability scan at 7 weeks and our 12 week ...

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It’s safe to say the pregnancy hormones are in full swing. I cried for an hour last night because Joey made cheese on toast wrong. There was shouting. I kept saying I know you’re making an effort...

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Up until today I’ve been testing with internet cheapies, and a whole box of tests given to me by a colleague - they don’t test their patients before each chemo anymore, just new patients, so had ...

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Our official test day is next Tuesday, but I caved yesterday and tested. There was a squintier of a line and I didn’t dare believe this might have worked. I tested again this morning and there is...

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There is an embryo in my uterus!! It felt like a totally different experience to the first time around. I think the first time around it was all a bit traumatic. We had done 7 weeks of meds just ...

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Our frozen embryo transfer will be next week. I’m just waiting on ovulation, and awaiting it impatiently. I’ve never peed on so many sticks in all my life as I have done over the last 9 months. O...

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Since our fresh embryo transfer failed, I’ve been angry and upset a lot of the time. It’s not even just about that, it’s about everything. Our doctor was surprised that I didn’t have a better re...

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Sadly it seems like our first transfer has been a fail. Official test day isn’t until Wednesday (it’s a late day to test). The tests we’ve done so far have been negative, not even a glimmer, and ...

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Pregnant until proven otherwise....... we have one perfect, top grade embryo on board! I absolutely cannot believe this has happened. I’m having a panic at the moment that I’m finding it so hard...

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I feel awful. Like truly dreadful. I started with a sore throat almost five weeks ago, the week before we went on holiday. I had worked a ton of hours with very little time off and had been burni...

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My brother has a best friend called Ali. They’ve been friends for as long as I can remember, like childhood best mates - they’ve both turned 30 this year. Growing up, Ali practically lived in ou...

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I can’t sleep. I’ve been working night shifts so that’s probably got a little to do with it, although I always try to get myself back into a good sleep routine straight away. That being said, I’...

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I can’t remember whether I had written about joey asking my dad about us getting married. It was way back in April. He was super nervous, which is ridiculous given that we live together and are s...

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Oh my god you guys, I am engaged!!!!!! Technically we are engaged I suppose! So excited, will post the full story later! Xx

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I’m in Norwich, visiting my bestie. She’s had to work this morning so I’ve taken myself off into Norwich to do the touristy thing, have a wander round the shops and city centre. I visited the ca...

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Aah night shifts. When it’s quiet like it is tonight, it’s way too much idle time to just sit and think. I feel like some kind of role reversal has happened between Joey and me. Last night he sa...

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We had our follow up ivf appointment. We start meds 15/17 August, with a view to collection on 6th September and transfer 8/11 September. I should know whether it’s worked by 20th ish September. ...

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Just filling in our billion consent forms. I mean, I give chemo in work, people consent for me to essentially pump them with poison, and that is one signature on a scrap of paper. I exaggerate, i...

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My work bestie had her babies on Monday. Her two beautiful, healthy, naturally conceived twins. One little egg split in two. No complications during pregnancy or birth despite the doctors putting...

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Oh my goodness. Everything is moving forward at super speed now. We had our info session yesterday, got given a billion consent forms and all the info about meds and self injection and side effec...

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