Choosing my sperm donor was something that I thought was going to be relatively easy. I just wanted to go for things that looked similar to me. So not “too” tall, blue eyes and brown hair. However, my donor matching appointment with my clinic allows me to have the full flexibility of choosing my donor.… Continue reading Choosing My Sperm Donor
Tag: IVF
My IVF Package
I am sure I don’t need to tell you, but IVF is expensive.Because I am choosing to be a solo mum, by choice, even though I have Endometriosis I do not qualify for any attempts on the NHS, locally. I always knew that IVF was going to cost me.I knew that the process and rough… Continue reading My IVF Package
Bloods, Bloods, and more bloods!
Since I got the go-ahead from my consultant to start looking at treatment later in the year I feel that I have had an entire armful of blood taken - and then maybe a bit extra. I know that there are plenty of needles, injections, and bloods to be taken. 8th JuneThis was the date… Continue reading Bloods, Bloods, and more bloods!
What the heck is AMH?!
I've been talking about my blood tests and one of the tests I have mentioned is my AMH test.AMH stands for "anti-mullerian hormone test" I had never even heard of AMH before being referred to the fertility clinic and see a few things mentioning it. Some of the "refund packages" that Access Fertility or Assured… Continue reading What the heck is AMH?!
IVF: In Vitro Fertilisation – What it is.
When I talk to people about my IVF Journey - a lot of people have heard about IVF but people do keep asking me "but what does it actually involve?" So I thought as its something that I keep getting asked then an informative blog post was a good place to start. So, in simple… Continue reading IVF: In Vitro Fertilisation – What it is.
Why Pineapples?
When people start looking for Fertility, or about Fertility, even gifts for people going through IVF there are SO many of this thing you will see, and that is PINEAPPLES. I didn’t want to include pineapples in my blog, as a logo, but it definitely needs talking about as I’m sure a lot of people… Continue reading Why Pineapples?
Donor Matching Appointment
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
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…
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
Solo Mum Overload 