We’ve now been getting to know our daughter for 3 months, and apart from the sleep deprivation and not really having a clue what we’re doing most of the time, it’s been incredible. And today, when I was putting her down for a nap, I started thinking about if I would actually want to have…
I know it is no one’s fault (or mine if anyone’s as we decided not to tell people we’d gone through egg donation) but today I’m finding it hard to come to terms with the fact my daughter isn’t from my egg. I know it’s just a thing people say when they meet your baby…
Yesterday our beautiful perfect little girl arrived. I won’t go into the details of the birth as I’m sure no one needs to hear about that! But just to say it took 3.5 days of induction (which didn’t work but gave me all the contractions!), an epidural in the end and forceps as her heart…
We met up with friends today who have just had their baby. It was so lovely to have a cuddle with him but surreal at the same time, as I just can’t imagine that in a few weeks, we will have our own little person (even though I am huge now so it’s definitely happening!).…
We’ve been away for the weekend for a friend’s 50th birthday party, and lying in bed this morning in the hotel I felt the first proper movement from the baby! And Mr M felt it too. I’ve thought I’ve felt something before, maybe fluttering, but this was definitely a movement. And a few as well.…
We went to see our consultant today. She didn’t really do anything except a quick external scan to have a look at the baby. But we were shocked when she told us that I should definitely elect to have a C-section. I hadn’t even considered this as I thought once I was pregnant, and everything…
I’ve been having discussions over the last couple of weeks with Mr M about what we tell people when we announce we’re pregnant. We’ve definitely decided that we won’t tell people it’s an egg donation baby, as we want to wait until we can tell our child about it and not risk them finding out…
We had another scan today with our consultant to check everything is ok as I had quite a heavy bleed a couple of weeks ago. It stopped the day after and wasn’t fresh blood so I tried not to worry but it was great today to get the reassurance that everything is still ok. He/she…
The good thing about this not being a normal pregnancy is that you get early scans and today we got to see our little blob! God, the times I’ve thought about this moment. It (feels wrong calling it an it but he/she feels like a mouthful) was moving a lot and had a very strong…
I went to work on Friday but left at lunchtime as I had some bleeding. I know it can happen in the first 12 weeks, but I just don’t want to risk anything. I think I’m all calm and relaxed about this now, but I still have to keep testing to make sure the time…
Egg Donation Mama 