Hi everyone, another newbie here. My partner and I are on round 4 and are getting a little loopy with this whole process...
It can be a little hard not having the goods on-tap. a lot of my stright friends sometimes forget and say 'just go at it like rab....' and then they remember...
Nice to meet you all! if anyone is in the inner west area in Sydney we should catch up and vent over coffee!
Welcome Sallie!
I'm sure you and your partner will have luck soon enough, and after all, do you really want it on tap? It's not that nice to play with.......
We are in country Vic but feel free to vent in here anyway! It's such a great, anonymous space, I couldn't get enough of it when we were first pregnant and couldn't tell anyone except family before the 'safe' 12 week mark. Sooo good to chat to other people going through the same thing as us
Are you or your partner going to be tummy mummy?
Hi!!! I'm Tummy mummy! Yeah it's really good to chat to other girls going through this. It can sometimes feel like you are the only lesbians in the whole world going through it!
People don't tend to 'get' the extra stresses etc it takes. We have started off with attempting it at home but are considering taking a month off trying and just making sure everything is working correctly still and then maybe looking at IUI at the doctors surgery.
How did you both go about it if you don't mind me asking..?
And yes, you are right, i don't think I would like it on tap!!!
Great to meet you. My partner and I are also planning to start TTC this December, I cant believe how close it is getting! Just today we got word back from our donor all his medical history and the donor contract is all worked out so we are happy things are finally coming together. Although our donor lives in Sydney and we will be flying him up to Townsville every month or so til we conceive! So we are hoping my cycle remains regular so we get the timing right with flights and time off etc.
So you guys are onto your 5th round hey? Are you using a clinic or home insemination if you dont me asking? I am sure it will happen for you very soon.
I know what you mean by thinking you are the only lesbians in the world experiencing this. I am working in antenatal clinics as a student midwife at the moment and today I saw a lesbian couple who were preggers, I felt like running up to them and giving them a big hug lol but somehow dont think it would have been too appropriate lol.
Anyway, I hope you girls have some luck soon. Sending you lots of and and am sure there will be a before you know it!
Hi Sallie
We conceived through an anonymous donor doing IVF at Melbourne IVF. We thought long and hard about how we wanted to do it and decided that, for us, the best way was anonymous through a clinic until the laws catch up with our family!
We were really lucky and got pregnant on our first go!! How amazing is that.....
I'm sure you two will be lucky soon, it's only been a few months and it's quite hard to get the timing right especially if it's not on tap! We had friends who tried quite a few times and the time that it 'stuck' was the time they were convinced that it wasn't going to happen, so didn't time things quite as accurately as they had been. Things happen at the right times for the right reasons...
You are right, there are a lot of stresses about being a lesbian couple TTC or being pregnant, the most confronting one is 'coming out' over and over again from baby store sales people, to doctors, to your workmates... You think you are really comfortable with your sexuality and then you have to come out to a 60 year old baby bunting employee and suddenly it's like you're sixteen again
All worth it though in the end......
Leanne and Selena ? Hahaha Couldn?t help but laugh my arse off when you said about wanting to run up and hug the girls you saw in the clinic. My girlfriend and I went to a baby expo and saw another couple there who didn?t seem yet pregnant and all four of us looked at each other sheepishly and grinned excitedly amongst the THOUSANDS of straight couples. It was hilarious!
We have tried at home for the last little while but are probably looking at IUI from now on just to give it an extra helping hand (excuse the pun!). We are using an old friend of mine who I?ve known for 9 years and my partner has known for 6. He?s been really amazing, He is one of the most gorgeous people I know inside and out (he looks like Nate the design guy from Oprah) and he said ?I just want to be an uncle, it?s you guys baby? so that was really cool.
Sending LOADS of good luck to you both and Don?t hesitate to message me if you have any questions or anything or just need someone to vent at during the hideous 2 week wait!
Sally ? Yeah I know about the coming out thing. We were lucky enough to find a OBGYN that had dealt with a lot of female couples before so that helped and we also found (after going to many stores and getting odd looks ) a lovely lady at a store here in Sydney who didn?t even blink when told. Was good. Yeah, that is why we are trying IUI this time. Just to help the swimmers along a little. I?m charting like crazy this round too so that should help. No stone unturned! We were lucky because the week we started the laws changed to make my partner an automatic co parent which is so great.
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Couldn?t help but laugh my arse off when you said about wanting to run up and hug the girls you saw in the clinic. My girlfriend and I went to a baby expo and saw another couple there who didn?t seem yet pregnant and all four of us looked at each other sheepishly and grinned excitedly amongst the THOUSANDS of straight couples. It was hilarious!
) a lovely lady at a store here in Sydney who didn?t even blink when told. Was good. Yeah, that is why we are trying IUI this time. Just to help the swimmers along a little. I?m charting like crazy this round too so that should help. No stone unturned! We were lucky because the week we started the laws changed to make my partner an automatic co parent which is so great.
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