‘Dear baby mine’

Thought I'd share the link to a BBC Radio 4 drama that played recently which E encouraged me to listen to.  Each episode is 15 mins long and there are 5 episodes. The drama is about the affects of infertility on a couple but interestingly the point of view is from a man with azoospermia, …

Protecting myself

I'm currently at home by myself on a chilly Winter day watching a 14 year old programme about the pyramids on the National Geographic Channel.  I've encouraged E to go and visit her sister and nephew. She had been umming and erring about going but was missing both of them.  My reticence to see them …

Gearing up

When I got home on Friday evening I sensed that E was anxious and preoccupied. On Monday we meet with our fertility consultant again after our last fail. We've been 'enjoying' time away from the stress and anxiety of the fertility treatment.  Plans for what to do next and once again the injections and tiredness …

Our adoption training story

After Dr Y gave us the devastating news, we went into shell shock and then we hurtled straight into the adoption process. E contacted all the local councils to see if we would be able to attend an adoption training course. It was complicated because the city we are in refused to take us because …

That crucial second opinion

After Dr Y (see Old Dogs entry) gave E and I the devastating news and suggested we go down the adoption route, we were both basically shell shocked with E crying and me just holding things together. We went down the adoption route, but I'll write about this another time. Post adoption course, we both …