I'd like to introduce a gorgeous friend of mine to you: Jo Bambagiotti. I was introduced to Jo last year and was blown away by her courag...

Do you ever reflect on those moments in your life that were just pure joy? Most of us have a few that are truly incredible, and today Tob...

It's been a week since we landed from Cape Town, after an incredibly magical trip! I decided to do a pregnancy test that night (Monday) t...

Well, not quite. Yesterday we had our transfer and it was amazing! Especially because I'd been so nervous about the low volume of eggs in...

The last five days have been 80% incredible and 20% tumultuous. What I've decided, is that I have to surrender to the outcome. Whatever w...

I often catch myself thinking that it's SO WEIRD that I'm currently in cycle-synch with a 21 year old South African girl who I have never...

I saw a psychic on the weekend with my sister-in-law. We'd been speaking about how we both felt like we were at really transitional place...

I'm pretty sure no-one would enter into parenthood with the plan to have a ten year gap between their kids. I can't imagine why you'd pla...

Yesterday I came across a video called Maggie's Story - a short documentary that's part of the series named Eggsploitation. The name may ...

So ... how do you pick the person who could end up being the biological mother of your child? I've never thought about this in the contex...

I like to think that this will be the case for our upcoming trip to Cape Town. A lovely holiday, with a little bit of IVF on the side. Af...

Well, it's been a week since we had the news about our embryo not being suitable for transfer. It hasn't been the best week. It started w...

Unfortunately our little one didn't get to where he needed to be so our embryo transfer was cancelled. The last time I was in this positi...

Today is day 4 post egg collection. This period is all about the development of the embryo. We received a call yesterday (day 3) from the...

Anyone who has been through IVF will know that while each stage is difficult, waiting to see how your embryo's develop is one of the hard...

Today was a big day and I was pretty excited to get these little eggies out! I had to be nil by mouth for the general anaesthetic which w...

Ok, this is happening. I had my scan this morning and it was pretty depressing. They could only see two follicles of the right size. I st...

For me, 'positive' is a really loaded word when you're trying to have a baby. It stems from the 'BFP' - the Big Fat Positive - the positi...

I had my first scan of this cycle today. This is where they check the lining of the uterus and count and measure the follicles. The folli...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines infertility as "a disease of the reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve a clin...