I need this like I need a hole in the head

Imagine this, your 23 year old step-daughter updates her status on facebook to say:

wait for it…. oh wait for it…. (her name) has 12 cigarettes left… currently she intends NOT to buy another box… She is currently eating fresh fruit after having a chicken sandwich with NO butter or mayo, has stocked her fridge with actimel and [...]

Moving on

Mr BTC and I talked. Quite a lot actually. We spent an evening on the motorway driving to see his family and he wanted to talk about things so it was a good chance for us to be open and honest without either of us walking away.
He does understand my thinking on ‘making things equal’ and [...]

What’s the right balance?

I have been wondering about the complexities of a DE situation.
Maybe shocking, but sometimes I wonder if it would be better if Mr BTC and I had a donor embryo. There are a few reasons why I think that, so let me try to explain.
Mr BTC has two grown up children, so he doesn’t have [...]

Ringing the changes

Maybe the black blog was bringing me bad luck. And frankly having a picture of a baby’s hand on my header was laughable considering I have never even come close to holding a real one of my own.
So it’s been ditched for a fresh new look.
A new start, hopefully in more ways than one.

I’m at a party!!!

Miracles, Hope and Love – I got ‘em

I have always wanted something that I could wear to remind me of our battle against infertility.
I didn’t want anything that screamed infertility, as I am quite private about it in real life.
The other week, I saw an example of something that would really work for me. It was on Bella’s blog. She received a bracelet [...]