Please Introduce Yourself!

[DanilovesIvy]

Hey, I'm Dani and my partner is Ivy. We're 21 years old, we've been together for four years and we are currently trying to become pregnant with our first child. We live in Maine, where gay marriage was just legalized a few weeks ago and we are hoping to marry this september with a bun in the oven. I'll find out next week if the first attempt was any luck, and I get butterflies just thinking about it. I have a maternal itch going through me like nothing I've ever felt before. This is what I was born to do, and I can't wait to begin the journey.

[Nurse27]

hi Dani & Ivy,

Welcome to BB - Best of luck with your 1st TTC!

Which of you is going to be the birth mum?

Congrats on the legalised marriage! In Australia it is still very much a no-no - but we have had a commitment ceremony which is the next best thing

[DanilovesIvy]

Thanks

I'm (Dani) going to be the birth mother. Ivy said the only time she would give birth herself is if I could not successfully carry a baby. So I guess lesbianism has its perks.

[monkeygem]

hi all,

thought i should post an intro here as i have been wandering around the boards over the past couple of days reading your stories.

we are currently a week out from our pregnancy test (friday 10th july) from our first round of ivf. we are in our late thirties (okay she is 37 and i am not...) and though time is a factor as i am older, due to my massive fibroids my partner is ttc first.

we have a fabulous gayboy known donor who loves his mum, can dance and is wicked at singstar... he is pretty cute too (what more could you want?)

my partner coped beautifully with the injections and though sore and sorry after the egg retrieval has been taking good care of herself, we are hoping this round works as we currently live in a regional area and our clinic only runs three or four ivf cycles per year so we would have to wait till October for round two.

anyway, the longterm plan is for my fibroids to be removed (surgery scheduled in a fortnight but 6 week recovery!!!) and for us to attempt to retrieve some of my eggs for a subsequent pregnancy (her or me) ... but lets just get through this one first!

Wishing you all the best for your family plans
Crossing everything
Monkeygem