Two Week Wait
I hate the two week wait. For those of you who aren’t in the TTC community (trying to conceive), the two-week wait is the period between a donation (or similar depending on the method) and a period. Last year we...
Category: Baby Making
Thoughts On Finding A Donor
Finding a donor is a long process of disappointment, anxiety and TMI (too much information). Though when it comes to conceiving this way everything is a little TMI. I’m a member of five or six websites, and about nine facebook groups....
I Want To Be A Mum Just Not Pregnant
I was asked by a friend of ours who’s wife not long had her second child if I was feeling broody. I’ve spoken about it before, when we first started this whole thing and yes I was broody – though...
Awkward Baby Making
Be forewarned of the following: language and awkwardness. There are few things more awkward in the world than having a guy come over to your house and wank into a cup. One of those things is talking about how you’re...
Spring is here and well, it’s not just the chickens who are broody
Originally posted on Weird and Important on March 22, 2015 As we come closer to getting a sperm donation for my wife, I’ve been getting broodier and broodier. I can’t help it and it’s a mix of hormones and something...
2015: The Year Of The Baby (At Least That’s The Plan)
Originally posted on Weird and Important on 10th January 2015 It’s three am, I can’t sleep. Partly because of a touch of insomnia borne out of a messed up sleeping pattern from being ill and partly because I am still...
Disappointment and Donations
I don’t deal with disappointment well. My tactic has been pretty simple over the years to avoid disappointment, or to minimise it. I don’t look forward to anything. I don’t share it. I don’t let other people know about anything...
