Watching Prof. Winston's programme tonight has made me realize again...

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... how very, very, very lucky I am to have my three beautiful children.

(I am very soppy tonight, sorry)

yep I thought exactly the same thing, even though we've been ttc for a 2nd baby for 19 months, and are unlikely to have another due to fertility problems. in fact me and dh talked about IVF tonight, not about having it as such, but about whether we'd regret deciding not to have tried everything. but after watching that it's just brought home how lucky I am to have at least one child.

Oh I can't even watch it - it's heart wrenching what some people go through.

I agree totally.

Weren't those adopted boys beautiful too. Their mum had such a lovely way with them, pure joy.

I normally don't like Robert Winston progs but this was very good but very emotional.

Should also have said I felt particularly sorry for the midwife because of the job she does it must be unbearably hard.

I'm glad I can't see it then.
Very sad at the moment as I am 30 weeks pregnant with no.2, but sister has just had another miscarriage (4th IVF try) and it doesn't look like they're ever going to have children now (she is 10 yrs older than me). I can't even think about it without crying and I don't know how she can even bear to talk to me.

MrsJohnCusack.

We had fertility problems. DH was told at the age of 12 that he would never be able to father a child. (Rare genetic syndrome).

18 months of revolutionary fertility treatment later... (not started when he was 12 obviously )...

I'm due to give birth to our little boy on the 3rd of March!

This series has been great. I feel so lucky, and I know how those women feel. (Odds are against us being able to have another one).

I loved the adoption story too. We'd definitely try to adopt if we were unable to conceive again. There are so many unwanted children out there.

I'd love to know the outcome for these couples - did they get their twins and the midwive's next round of IVF.

Me to Mog..

Just watched it after sky plussing it and was all for finding the midwife lady and offering to donate her some eggs - really puts things into perspective doesn't it.

The midwife was going down the donor egg route.

I was REALLY pleased to see the happy adoption story, though. Adoption gets so little coverage in a lot of these, like it's minimised as an option at all. But it is.

So is that of being childfree.

Yasmina's husband looks like he had children from a previous marriage - that woman accompanying her to the clinic was a dead ringer for the husband, I think she was his daughter.

They said it was her sister - they were both lebanese or something.

Bravo for egg donors. It's not something that was ever an option for me and now it's really not as I am nearly 36, but for more power to those who do donate.

I thought of suejonez watching last night's episode. And how she is becoming a mother at last!

i know i would love to know the follow up two. Yasmina's relentless positivity was quite awe inspiring and the midwife woman was just so lovely, i really hope they both get positive outcomes.

i must admit i was suprised that yasmina and her dh decided 'adoption was not for them'. Why? i though adoption would have been an excellent option for them, not least cos they were obviously loaded and could have access to the full range of national and international adoption options.

BTW expat i think they said the woman in taxi with Yasmina was her sister

How would I go about donating eggs?

I watched this last night which was particularly hard as Im waiting to find out if I have miscarried the baby I am pregnant with at the moment.

It made me feel so sad that these woman have endured what Im going through at the moment many, many times and dont have the two delightful children I already ahve.

I would love to think I could directly help someone like that.

I felt very emotional aswell,we tried for dd for 4 yrs and ds took 10!,so we feel very lucky indeed.

I guess it just wasn't for them, though, the adoption thing. To each their own. Just as some people decide being child free is for them.

Doesn't the quality of sperm sometimes decline as a man ages, too?

It is a bit strange but watching last nights programme made me finally sure not to try for more children. My DS2 had the trisomy 13 that the midwives embryos had, and I am certain now his twin had further problems and that was why he didn't survive. Add that to a previous m/c the month before and the fact that DS2 and I nearly didn't come home, and I will be even more grateful than I already was and happy in my decision to stop now.