Category: Egg Donation

Meet our egg donor!

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It’s fair to say that the toughest part of our experience on this bumpy road thus far was our IVF attempt with a clinic in Brisbane last year. None of us involved wanted the outcome we received, so it was a tough moment, but one we accepted can very much be part of this kind of process. Important disclaimer here – we experienced one failed attempt; there are countless women with fertility issues who endure round after round of IVF without success. The emotional toll of this is immense, especially as these struggles often go on in the background with few people necessarily being aware. There are a lot of brave faces and forced smiles as people try to make their dream a reality. As we’ve mentioned in earlier posts, bearing this in mind when talking about babies or family planning is really important, as you just never know what someone in your social sphere might be going through.

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Baby Steps…

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In our last post we wrote about some of the challenges we’ve been facing with domestic surrogacy and that we’d opened the door to exploring international surrogacy via an agency in Canada.

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Some eggciting news and a conference

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Sorry, we couldn’t resist with that title, it just felt like a given for this point in our journey.

In a nutshell, we have an egg donor and we’re hoping to have embryos created over the next month or so. We’ve known about this for a while and have been going through all necessary steps in the process (counselling, bloods, paperwork etc.), but wanted to withhold the info until things became a bit more certain. Continue reading “Some eggciting news and a conference” →

Many a Meet & Greet

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Over the past week we have been to three events involving surrogacy and egg donor communities. Whilst the online forums are highly useful, many of them offer intermittent meet-ups across the country to facilitate more conversation and face-to-face introductions.

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Growing our little family

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We love our little life. We recognise what our privilege has afforded us and we aim to live with a strong set of values and continued gratitude for all that we have. A lot of people feel the pressure to start a family; they feel it’s a missing piece in their puzzles. That’s not us. We appreciate that the road we’re starting to go down may/will be a bumpy one at times and we have to continue to tell ourselves that if things don’t go as hoped that we can/will lead extremely satisfying and fulfilling lives being childless. Some people don’t get the choice. But having a child is definitely a desire and we are hoping to give ourselves every opportunity, despite having to take a less conventional path.

Whilst we are only at the very first steps of looking at egg donation and surrogacy, we are already amazed by what we have seen and learned. To think that there is a community of women out there willing to donate their eggs and/or bodies to potentially give the gift of a child to someone they don’t yet know is extraordinary. No matter what transpires with our story, it will always be humbling to have discovered this. It’s a feeling that will no doubt grow stronger as we meet more people in this space and get to know them better.

We’re going into all of this with an attitude grounded in openness and honesty, which we try and apply to all facets of our lives. No question is off limits, no option is off the table. We’re a bit apprehensive about sharing everything publicly – it’s not necessarily our style – but we think for something like this it may be fruitful to do so. So if you know us well, or you’ve stumbled upon this page somewhere, somehow, and you want to reach out, please don’t hesitate.

Hitting the road

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We’re doing it! We’re hitting the bumpy road to growing our little family.

So what’s happened so far? Plenty.

Dec 2018 – We found a free consultation advertised by a US company, Circle Surrogacy, about international surrogacy for Aus/NZ couples so we figured we’d give it a go. What they offer is pretty amazing, and as we’ve said, no option is off the table and so this one isn’t, but we feel exploring local alternatives to their fullest extent first is optimal. This is for a range of reasons, but predominantly for us, practical and financial ones.