next appointment

We went to see the egg share specialist and she was very nice. I filled in a gentic's questionaire, and I need to get me CD3 bloods done, then I need to be checked to ensure I am not a carried for any genetic disorders.

Once they come back and (hopefully) all clear, then I need to be matched to a recipient and then we can go forward to have IVF using donor sperm and having 1/2 my eggs donated to another couple.

If there are suffient quality embryo's created, then I can also donate the embryo's to a couple (as they will only implant 2 embryo's into me at a time, and the rest will be distroyed)

hopefully we'll be able to get started in June or July.

The sad news was that when we returned home from the clinic, DH got a phone call to say that his mom had been rushed into hospital, she passed away later that day.

It is such a tragic loss to us all, and a terrible shock.

May you rest in peace and watch over your family with love and affection. We will love you forever more and will always remember your smile and your laughter. You are missed so very much.

counselling

Well a mixed feeling after today, the counselling went really well, it was to make sure that we were both comfortable with the idea of using donor sperm and to ensure that if we decide not to tell the child that they were conceived through donor sperm that as few ppl as possible know to ensure no-one slips up and tells them in the heat of the moment so be warned no telling OK?.

On the slight downer, I had to phone the donor specialist up at the clinc as she wasn't available whilst we were there, to get our names put on the register, the laws changed last year about the anon. of the donors, but the clinics were given 12 months in which to use up the anon donors, well that 12 months is up, so now they are just waiting for information about how many donors they actually have and how much they have to use, at the moment there are another 8 or 9 couples on the waiting list before us.

They are sending me a load of info about egg share as I can still do that even though we're going to be doing IUI, then I have to fill out a questionaire and send it back, then have bloods done which will take up to 8 weeks to get back and then match me up to a recipient and then we're ready for our treatment, by which time they're hoping they'll be able to match G to a sperm donor.

All in all we're going to be doing loads and loads of waiting around, I have my concerns about how long all this is going to take and my patients is running at an all time low right now as it seems to be one hurdle after another with no end in sight, feeling really down right now.