Newbies!

[Lou and Em]

Hey girls, hope your both well! So you are both stuck in the 8 week wait too, hoping it isn't quite that long for us all! What was the date you finally got on the waiting list, ours was the 23 of november, after a long wait to see dr Cameron, then the long process of counciling appointments, blood tests and sperm donor info! Hate playing the waiting game after trying for so long before hand!
It's lovely to hear you have a family started already and are interested in adding to it! Our family is only made up of cats and dogs do far! Lol we are out in diamond creek, how about you girls?
When you got to pick your donor the first time round, how many profiles did you get to look at? They told us anything between 2 and 6! Were you happy with your options, the limited number of profiles tends to make us a bit nervous considering we haven't been through this before! Just hoping time will pass quickly and next year will be successful for us all! Both been working heaps to get extra money behind us, especially with Xmas approaching! Can't wait for the holidays to come, definitely need a break, but was really hoping that we would have been on break when we were trying iui for the first time, just to try to ease stress in that time! Looking like we'll be back at work though! Buggar! What do you girls do? We are both in manufacturing at the moment, but chefs by trade, just got sick of the split shifts! Hope your both enjoying this crazy Melbourne weather and enjoying your weekend! : )

Hi girls,

We're in south morang, Not far from you guys and both work in healthcare. I lnow what you mean about working like crazy. We're juggling both our jobs, the kids our five animals, we're both studying and trying to scrape together enough money to start ivf next year. Its tiring to say the least but itll all be worth it in the end. We got the official go ahead from the clinic on 18th April this year and it's been all systems go ever since. We got about 4 donors to chose from I think, a couple were clearly out based on hereditary conditions and personal preference do we had to choose between two.

We're looking forward to a well deserved break over Christmas, spending time as a family instead of rushing around to work and dropping kids at school etc and trying to find a few minutes to see each other here and there too lol.

I really can't wait to start ivf but it looks as though our finances might stand in our way and west have to postpone our first cycle of ivf for a few months.

Nice to hear that theres another baby making same sex couple near us. We don't know any other gay couples with kids and I've been trying to find same sex parenting playgroups or something similar in our area but no such luck unfortunately.

Hope you're well,

Em

[Kayenkay]

Hi girls,

We're in south morang, Not far from you guys and both work in healthcare. I lnow what you mean about working like crazy. We're juggling both our jobs, the kids our five animals, we're both studying and trying to scrape together enough money to start ivf next year. Its tiring to say the least but itll all be worth it in the end. We got the official go ahead from the clinic on 18th April this year and it's been all systems go ever since. We got about 4 donors to chose from I think, a couple were clearly out based on hereditary conditions and personal preference do we had to choose between two.

We're looking forward to a well deserved break over Christmas, spending time as a family instead of rushing around to work and dropping kids at school etc and trying to find a few minutes to see each other here and there too lol.

I really can't wait to start ivf but it looks as though our finances might stand in our way and west have to postpone our first cycle of ivf for a few months.

Nice to hear that theres another baby making same sex couple near us. We don't know any other gay couples with kids and I've been trying to find same sex parenting playgroups or something similar in our area but no such luck unfortunately.

Hope you're well,

Em

Hey girls! We are both good, very much looking forward to moving on in this process and picking a donor, but we may be waiting a while! Wow, you are close, nice to know that there another same sex couple close by, looking to fall pregnant around the same time as us! Wasn't sure when I posted that I would get a reply when your post was a while ago! But glad I followed my instincts and did! It's really nice chatting with you both about the process! If your both interested and can find the time, we should meet up for lunch someday! I know that could be hard, especially when you have so much on your plate already! We thought it was a lot just having five animals ourself! Lol adding two littles ones to that would be very demanding, not to mention working full time as well! haven't seen any same sex family groups around just yet but will definitely keep a look out for one, we not quite on that page just yet!
Only a few more weeks to Xmas now, can't wait! We are looking forward to some time together and family too, and of course a break! Bring it on I say! Hope things aren't too hectic for you both and your happy and well! Looking forward to sharing some positive stories in the new year, fingers are crossed for us all!

[Kayenkay]

Hi girls,

We're in south morang, Not far from you guys and both work in healthcare. I lnow what you mean about working like crazy. We're juggling both our jobs, the kids our five animals, we're both studying and trying to scrape together enough money to start ivf next year. Its tiring to say the least but itll all be worth it in the end. We got the official go ahead from the clinic on 18th April this year and it's been all systems go ever since. We got about 4 donors to chose from I think, a couple were clearly out based on hereditary conditions and personal preference do we had to choose between two.

We're looking forward to a well deserved break over Christmas, spending time as a family instead of rushing around to work and dropping kids at school etc and trying to find a few minutes to see each other here and there too lol.

I really can't wait to start ivf but it looks as though our finances might stand in our way and west have to postpone our first cycle of ivf for a few months.

Nice to hear that theres another baby making same sex couple near us. We don't know any other gay couples with kids and I've been trying to find same sex parenting playgroups or something similar in our area but no such luck unfortunately.

Hope you're well,

Em

Hey girls! We are both good, very much looking forward to moving on in this process and picking a donor, but we may be waiting a while! Wow, you are close, nice to know that there another same sex couple close by, looking to fall pregnant around the same time as us! Wasn't sure when I posted that I would get a reply when your post was a while ago! But glad I followed my instincts and did! It's really nice chatting with you both about the process! If your both interested and can find the time, we should meet up for lunch someday! I know that could be hard, especially when you have so much on your plate already! We thought it was a lot just having five animals ourself! Lol adding two littles ones to that would be very demanding, not to mention working full time as well! haven't seen any same sex family groups around just yet but will definitely keep a look out for one, we not quite on that page just yet!
Only a few more weeks to Xmas now, can't wait! We are looking forward to some time together and family too, and of course a break! Bring it on I say! Hope things aren't too hectic for you both and your happy and well! Looking forward to sharing some positive stories in the new year, fingers are crossed for us all!
Kim and Kaylee

[Lou and Em]

Hi,

Meeting up for lunch and a chat sometime would be great. It would be great to know some other couples close by in a similar situation to us. We head out to the park/playground in Eltham sometimes when the weather is good so the kids can have a run around, so maybe we could meet you both there some time and exchange stories. It's definetly difficult to find time with our schedules, but only a couple of weeks to go and things will quieten down for us for a little while over new year period.

We're glad you followed your instincts too and replied to our post. Truth is, I'd forgotten my password for this site and changed email address so I couldnt get into the forum for ages until I remembered my password lol.

Let me know when you girls are free and we'd love to meet up with you for a cuppa and lots of baby talk lol.

Take care,

Lou and Em

[Kayenkay]

Hi,

Meeting up for lunch and a chat sometime would be great. It would be great to know some other couples close by in a similar situation to us. We head out to the park/playground in Eltham sometimes when the weather is good so the kids can have a run around, so maybe we could meet you both there some time and exchange stories. It's definetly difficult to find time with our schedules, but only a couple of weeks to go and things will quieten down for us for a little while over new year period.

We're glad you followed your instincts too and replied to our post. Truth is, I'd forgotten my password for this site and changed email address so I couldnt get into the forum for ages until I remembered my password lol.

Let me know when you girls are free and we'd love to meet up with you for a cuppa and lots of baby talk lol.

Take care,

Lou and Em

Hey Lou and Em, that sounds like a plan! Seems like we may have to make it after Xmas though, both working till a couple of days before! And I'm sure u know how crazy it gets organising everything just before Xmas gets here! Are you girls on Facebook at all? I'm not but we share kaylees Facebook account! Maybe we could share some info through there if you are! Her Facebook account is Kaylee Meale, the pic is of us both and kaylee has spiky hair if that helps! Don't think there is many in that name, but just in case that little extra info helps! Might be easier to organise catching up on there! Let the countdown begin, only a couple of weeks to go! Hope you both are well! Hope to catch up soon!
Kim and Kaylee