What Do We Tell Our Children? by Corinne, 21 June 2007

We tried naturally to conceive for six years and then underwent 2 years of ICSI. On our fourth attempt we were finally given a beautiful baby girl. She was born by C-section 4 weeks early because she stopped growing and I remember feeling cheated of a natural labour after having....

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Thankful for Assistance by Sue, 8 October 2007  

After falling pregnant with my first child naturally, it was hard to come to terms with the fact that we were unable to have anymore children without help. This was even harder for my husband, as it made him question himself as a man, and he was unable to talk about the assisted...

● colour chosen: purple, "purple, its made up of a few colours that I felt along the way of this journey."

Emotional Rollercoaster after ART  by 'anonymous', 19 February 2008

Wow the 2001 study is certainly in tune with my experience. I had two children by ICSI, one in 2000 and one in 2003. The first year after my number one child was quiet an anxious time as a new mother. I too spent a week in a parenting centre....

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Decided not to Tell by 'anonymous', 17 April 2008

Thanks to IVF we have a BEAUTIFUL 8 month old daughter who is now the centre of our world and each day we look at her and feel so blessed. We fell pregnant using the ICSI technology and were incredibly lucky to fall pregnant in.....

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2nd Time IVF - this time frozen embryo by blazesmummy, 25 June 2009

Hello my fellow ART/ IVF Mums... I'm 25 and have been married for 5.5years.  Tried for 3 years to have a baby and now have a 13 month old through IVF....

● colour chosen: red (happy, excited, full of faith)

Motherhood Second Time Round by Elbi, 12 July 2009

It has been a few years since my first entry about my daughter Arwen, who is now 3.  She was born with Hirschbrungs disease. I now have a little boy 3 months old who was conceived via IVF, ICSI with genetic testing so...

● colour chosen: green - the colour of healing; I feel my son has healed some wounds from my first time

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