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[leelou]

Thanks Leather & Lace

That makes me feel a lot less nervous. We're going to see the semen consultant and the psychologist on Thursday and then have the HSG on Friday.
Lisa

[lalashamarla]

Hi Everyone

It has been a couple of weeks since our last post and the good news is that the blood tests came back positive, so we are officially pregant.

I will just put in a little plug for "Life Fertility Clinic" in Brisbane. The girls there are fantastic, so warm and friendly. Dr Sonya Jessop is our specialist and just fabulous... we would recommend her in a heartbeat.

We are now at the stage where we are looking at hospitals, birth centres etc. Has anyone been cared for by the midwives and given birth at the RBWH Birth Centre? This is one option that we are particularly interested as it seems to focus on natural births.

Lee-Lou: We hope that the HSG scan and psych appts went well.

Othermomma: We are definately putting it out there that none of the health issues rear their heads this time round for you both.

Cheers
L & K

[Caramel4Vanilla]

Hi my real names Charly but my partner calls me Caramel.
I have been doing abit of reseach over the past year or so, and yet I'am still finding out things I hvaen't heard of before. Such as new terms etc, I have posted in the PCOS thread because both me and my partner have this and this is the one thing affecting us having a child.

We live in Birmingham, Uk. And wonder if anyone who lived in the UK could give us help in searching for anonymous donors etc and anything you feel would be relevant for me in my situation. We are going to try through the doctor but I have no idea the process we would undergo. Possibly Iam thinking IVF but not definetely sure. This process is harder because of my weight issue with PCOS that is why i wanted to look into other solutions.

Thanks

[Sunbeam]

Hi all,
I have a friend who is just coming out of the "mummy closet' and wants to start looking for a known donor. I know when I was ooking there was a dads group in nsw but I can't seem to find them. Any suggestions, she lives in QLD.

[Gabrielle&Emersyn]

I'm here

I'm Emma (26), live in New Zealand & am the super proud Mama of Gaby (3) & Emersyn (due June 23). Both were conceived in male/female relationships, but I always considered myself bisexual... My relationship with Emersyn's dad was a confusing time for me, as I was starting to consider that I might be a bit more than bisexual with a preference for women... I found out I was pregnant on the day I had decided "if this cycle isn't it I'm going to stop, because it's not fair to him that I don't know if I want to be with him, or be in a relationship with a woman".... I tried to ignore it for a few weeks, but just prior to being 12w pregnant, I broke up with him.. I felt like I was living a lie..... & now I identify - very proudly, as lesbian, and life suddenly feels 'right'. I just hate that I dragged him through the mud, on the way to making my realisation...

[JORACH]

Sunbeam - below is the link to a website that I have used. I'm having a little luck on it too as I'm meeting a potential donor in 2 weeks. YAY!

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[dreamrise659]

Congrats Girls on your pregnancy. Was this your first attempt? Sounds like you were very lucky. Hope the good fortune continues through your pregnancy.

the good news is that the blood tests came back positive, so we are officially pregant.

Sorry can't give advice about midwives etc as I'm in Vic but my ex partner went through a primary midwifery care program at our local hospital when she had her son and they were great. I think it's much better than Doctors if you don't have any serious medical issues as the midwives don't make it so much about the medical side of things... it seemed more relaxed.

good luck with everything.

Lori
DD 13yr old
Donor search since Dec 06, 3 AI attempts since Jan 09. Now on 1st IVF cycle.

[Izzy]

Hello

I am Izzy and I'm married to Lindley, who tells me she said hello here, too, somewhere We're in Bristol in the UK (for now) and are currently TTC. So yeah, hi!

And wonder if anyone who lived in the UK could give us help in searching for anonymous donors etc and anything you feel would be relevant for me in my situation. We are going to try through the doctor but I have no idea the process we would undergo. Possibly Iam thinking IVF but not definetely sure.

Hi Charly,

We started off with the whole going to the doctor and were put off, unfortunately.

Our doctor was pretty rubbish, though, so hopefully you'd fare better. She did point us at a clinic (that we had already investigated ourselves), told Lindley to lose weight and said that the wait for donor sperm was really long so had we considered IVF (because yeah, we so wouldn't need donor sperm for that, too, apparently).

This process is harder because of my weight issue with PCOS that is why i wanted to look into other solutions.

Oh, yes, similar issue here - endometriosis, rather than PCOS, but yeah. I sympathise! It's worth warning you that unless your BMI is under 35, clinics won't accept you, and some have even steeper weight requirements. And getting under might be really difficult if you have PCOS.

We found a donor through a fertility site, rather than through a clinic. Obviously more risky (and squicky!) in some ways but the timescales and weight restrictions seemed overwhelming. Feel free to PM me if you'd like to know more about what we've done

[nudels]

Hi ladies,

We were able to use a known donor sperm at IVF Australia Greenwich via ICSI (as my donor had a low sperm count) I was lucky enough to fall pregnant first cycle (with identical twins as luck would have it). My OB was Dr Stewart Boyce who's clinic is at Royal North Shore Private, he was lovely and the fact that my wife of 12 years was always with me never seemed to phase him.

Good luck with all your journeys, looking back, it was a path I wanted to go down for so long, I had to pinch myself when I first fell pregnant and now...my life has taken on a different journey.

Cheers
Ada

Jasper and Callum born 22/12/2009

[leelou]

Thanks lalashamarla. The HSG scan went really well. Lou has no problems with her tubes and the psychologist was really helpful and informative. We have chosen our donor (yay!!!) and are just waiting until May to start our first IUI procedure. We're renovating at the moment and want to get it finished before we start TTC.
It's fantastic to hear your news Congratulations!!! I hope that our TTC journey is not too long either. Did you use an anonymous or know donor and was it through IUI?

[leelou]

Just wondering if you need to be a platinum member to chat in the chat room. I've tried a couple of times and it does not allow me to. I'm just an ordinary member.
Cheers
Lisa

[Tatsuya]

heya all,

My name is Crystal (everyone just calls me Chris though) I have a beautiful life partner, we're both in our early 20's and live in Syd, we've been talking about having a child for quite a while and though this would be a good place to learn from other people experiences, as we're a little worried about bringing up a child in this discriminative world when the child will have so many factors against it, such as being Half-Cast with two mothers (my partner is Thai).

So we hope to learn a lot from reading your stories and getting to know some of you.

Cheers.

[t8ywai]

Hi

My partner and I are currently weighing up our TTC options. Ive come on the boards to get some idea of different methods us girls are using to get pregnant. And its so damn nice to see the success stories.

Im 32 and went through unsuccessful medicated (clomid, progesterone) TTC with my ex (male) partner about 4 years ago. At the time I was diagnosed with PCOS but interestingly enough all my symptoms (including no AF) dissapeared when I met my wife to be.

Shes 25 and has never had any known fertiltiy issues.

[mumandmummy]

Hello all,

We are new to this site and thought i would introduce ourselves, we are 25 years old and have started our fertility treatment and hoping to have our first IUI at the end of September 2010.... we are using a donor sperm through our specialist centre - Fertility Solutions. we are both very excited and can not wait to have our family. we also have 2 dogs, 2 cats and 2 turtles!! so a big family we will be

[Genna]

Hi everyone,

I'm so excited to find this forum with other lesbian mamas & mamas to be!

I am a single lesbian in Brisbane - nearly 35 - who is TTC using known doner sperm after a couple of unsuccessful IUI's at the clinic.

I'm very excited to be trying after years and years of wanting to be at this stage!

I lived overseas for a long time and in the last couple of years I came back and have been re-establishing myself with a new job (paid maternity leave !!!!!) and further education, as well as preparing myself physically (herbs, acupuncture, yoga, you name it!! ;-).

It would have been great to have a partner through all this, and over the years I'd thought I might do it with my girlfriend of the time, *but* I do have great, hands on support from friends and family. So I'm single, but not alone. Also, that clock is ticking!

I'm at about day 4 of a two week wait at the moment, feeling pretty hopeful and optimistic :-))
(What a relief it is to have a known donor and therefore not to be spending upwards of $1000 each try)

Nice to meet you all!

Jen

[Sally2]

Welcome Jen, looking forward to your pregnancy announcement!!

[trishalishous]

just wanted to say 'hi' to all the SS parents out there.
I have two mums and love hearing about SS TTC journeys.
my mums were lucky (?) in that my tummy mum was widowed, and had us kids, then fell in love with her best friend
its such a hard TTC process, I'm so glad that there's support for our families!

[dreamrise659]

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I am a single lesbian in Brisbane - nearly 35 - who is TTC using known doner sperm after a couple of unsuccessful IUI's at the clinic.....

I'm at about day 4 of a two week wait at the moment, feeling pretty hopeful and optimistic :-))
(What a relief it is to have a known donor and therefore not to be spending upwards of $1000 each try)

Nice to meet you all!

Jen

Hi Jen. Just wondering how you went with your 2ww? And if it didn't work are you still trying with the same donor? Must be great to be able to try with a known donor. I was doing that (3 attempts over a 12 month period) but as he lived interstate it still cost me $2000 for those 3 attempts (airfares, hire cars, hotel etc).

I've now been doing IVF since Feb (2 full cycles and 1 frozen transfer) - heading into my last cycle next month... fingers crossed.

I'm also a single mum and I already have a daughter who turns 14 next month. She is a fantastic kid and has been a great support - warming up my wheat bag when I was sore after egg pick-up (when I had ovarian hyperstimulation) etc.

Best wishes

Lori