Tag: infertility
My Egg Donor ‘Twin’ Even Had The Same Fertility Problems –...
It never really occurred to me that it would be difficult to have a baby. Getting pregnant is just one of...
Heartbreak Stalked Us As We Struggled To Conceive – Then A...
Sometimes you have to make sacrifices to realize your dreams. You know it will be hard and you might wonder if it’s worth it...
Our Infertility Is Devastating – But It Means We Can Help...
Aaron and I had been married just over a year when we decided to start trying for a baby. Everyone told us to wait...
All We Wanted Was To Grow Our Family – But What...
I am in such a different place now than three years ago, but the memories of that time will never fade. We sat in the...
We Suffered Infertility And Lost One Of Our Triplets But We...
The picture at the top of this story is our first official family photo. No needles, no monitors, no hospital gowns. In it, our...
Pre-Eclampsia Nearly Killed Me And My Unborn Child – More Women...
Sometimes, dreams can come true. We’d assumed we wouldn’t be able to have a much-longed-for second baby. There’d been a battle with...
My Best Friend Was Desperate To Be A Mother – So...
As most moms will tell you, motherhood is one of the hardest jobs in the world. It’s also the most rewarding. I...
Nature Was Against Me – But I Was Determined My Husband...
I don’t know why, but I always had a fear of being infertile – even when I was a child. I was fascinated by...
Our Struggle With Infertility Ended In Panic When Our Twins Were...
When Bryan and I got married in July 2013, we were really excited at the thought of starting a family. We agreed to wait...
‘Three-Person Baby’ Born Using Controversial Donor Technique
A woman in Greece has given birth to a baby with DNA from three people – her own, the father, and an egg...
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What’s The Point Of A Prom?
A mother of modest means looked me in the eye the other day and told me she had spent £400 on her 16-year-old daughter’s...
How To Cope With Your Adult Kids Living At Home (Without Going Crazy)
The traditional way of things was for kids to grow up, finish school and leave home – either to go on to university or...
Is It OK to Drink Alcohol in Early Pregnancy?
For many of our mothers and grandmothers, the current prescriptive attitudes towards pregnancy may seem excessive. For example, until the early 1970s, drinking alcohol...
Babies Don’t Need Sleep Coaches – But Sometimes Their Parents Do
Many new parents are often surprised by just how much their baby sleeps – waking only to feed. But once the novelty wears off,...