My Donor Matching appointment was something that I was looking forward to, but frequenting the Facebook groups I was left with questions of what it really included. I knew I would need a blood test to check my CMV status (more on that tomorrow) but some people said that your clinic gave you a list… Continue reading Donor Matching Appointment
Author: SoloMumOverload
38 Year Old Mum to a baby born via IVF Double Donation (Donor Egg & Donor Sperm)
Being Proactive!
When Coronavirus hit the world, and everything as we knew it came to a stop, so did all the fertility treatment and appointments. Everyone has had to adapt and change their processes, so when the clinics got the green light to re-open my aim was to sit tight and wait for them to call me.… Continue reading Being Proactive!
Start of the journey…
Today's blog is about how I started the journey to be a solo mum. As I mentioned in "Hello & Welcome" it was always the "plan" if I hadn't met anyone by the time I turned 35 I was going to have a donor and do it alone. I had said it so much, I… Continue reading Start of the journey…
Why don’t you just adopt…?
When I first decided to embark on being a Solo Mum by choice, my first thought was not fertility treatment - but was actually adoption. I went to a couple of Adoption Evenings with the local and neighbouring Local Authorities and Voluntary Agenices but unfortunately I felt it was not quite the right decision for… Continue reading Why don’t you just adopt…?
Hello & Welcome
So, where should I start to introduce Solo Mum Overload.Here am I, 35, single female with the dream of being a mummy, a dream that I've always had. However, I have spent the majority of the last 8 years single - through choice. I live on my own, have my own business, own my own… Continue reading Hello & Welcome
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