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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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These aren't just any eggs, these are tree range eggs.

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treedelivery · 16/10/2009 11:44

Hi. I am just at the begining of an egg donation cycle. I am donating to friends of very very good friends who have had several cycles and have reached this point.

I started a thread previously, but have started one with donation in the title, I think lots of people think about donating or recieving donor eggs, and so I thought this might be interesting.

This is the 2nd day of treatment.

I have 2 girls, 5yo and nearly 9 months. I have wound up the breastfeeding onver the last few weeks to allow the treatment to commence. It was hard juggling the needs of the baby against the needs of the couple - I think I hit a good half way house. 8 months exclusive bring is nothing to sniff at from bubba pov [though I think she would go and go an go], and 8 months wait was quite enough for this couple. In my opinion, they have been nothing but accomodating and thoughtfull and lovely and would have waited and waited. It must be so hard for them thuugh.

I kind of hope to relactate - that will be another thread!

So here we go, wish us luck. I'm hoping the power of mumsnet will send many positive vibes our way.

Bring on the questions btw - I'm really happy to answer and explain anything.

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treedelivery · 28/11/2009 12:54

Thank you. Thank you very much. Am need of virtual hugs today - I think the anxiety has finally caught up with me! My work is done now, I get to fade into the back ground and let the parents get on with making their baby. I just really really wish I had had a better response and they had a few more eggs to play the statistics game with. Anyway, now the running about and do-ing is over, I have the head space to really really worry!

So today - all 9 fertilised. One is too young, and one got 2 sperm in there, so we have lost 2.

Hopefully though, the remaining 7 will carry on. I hope hope hope so. Updates tomorrow and then put back day on Monday. Unless they feel they should go to blastocyst stage.

It was interesting yesterday. Till after the actual retrieval, all the staff had talked to me about what was going on with me, the scans, the folicles...and so on. Once they had reported back on the actual retrieval, they then talked to the parents - about the egss, and fertilising, and cell counts etc etc. It was interesting to see the shift. It was good too. This is their party and it served as a little reminder to me to fade out, bugger off and let them get on with getting pregnant.
I will always be led by them, if they want me at every birthday party this child has - I'll be there. Delighted to be there. However, they won't be telling the embryologist how little Jonny got on with his 1st immunisations, so I am mindfull that whilst I am a little more than the medical team - I'm not much more in the bigger scheme. This is their show. I helped put the show on the road but that is all. It is quite humbling to get a glimpse into someone else's marriage. To see how close they are, how their dynamics work, to be a little involved in such a private act of creating a baby.

God please please please send them a baby. They are such diamonds, have been so respectfull and jolly, understanding and thoughtful. They would feel their luck. Send them a baby.

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