Well it was all hard work me and my partner Dan had tried for years to have a baby but we just had no luck. After having five operations and being told it is very unlikely that I will fall pregnant naturally due to having a bad case of polysistic ovaries and emdometrois they tried all sorts flushing my system out, giving me medication to make me ovalate. It just didn't work, I had so many months when I would not have a period I would get all happy inside and maybe this is it. &nbs....
A Dad's birth story
25 Feb 2010 - 3:04pm 0 CommentsMy birth story... by Craig
Hope you don't mind a birth story from a Dad.
After several years of struggling to conceive, my wife, Lisa, and I succeeded first time with IVF and were enjoying a wonderful problem-free twin pregnancy. In week 28, a scan showed that one of our twins ('Twin 2') was not growing as fast as he should. Our Consultant started using scary terms like 'Intrauterine Growth Retardation', 'placental insufficiency' and 'compromised pregnancy'. The next three....
Two sets of twins: Families share their stories
15 Feb 2010 - 2:09pm 1 Comments
EVER wondered what it's like to have two sets of twins? Three families who have been doubly blessed - twice over - tell all.
TOM and Alison Colegrove had twins Alex and Stephen, after IVF treatment. A year later they conceived naturally and by accident.
Again it was twins (non identical). At the time of writing, Toby and Daniel were four-and-a-half months old and Alex and Stephen were two. Alison said: "We tried for two years to have a baby before we went to t....
Bethany D
24 Jan 2010 - 9:49pm 0 CommentsThe Day My Twins Were Born..
by Bethany Davies
I was desperate to give birth. I’d been pregnant for ever and was fed up with being the size of a house. I’d long since outgrown the shower and bath, couldn’t sleep and my back was killing me.
I had always loved children and assumed I would one day have a brood of my own. It didn’t happen naturally, but with IVF, I was finally pregnant … and utterly hopeless at it. Perhaps I was naïve, but I had ....
