I’m terrible in a crisis. A personal crisis. Terrible. Fight. Flight. Freeze. My first instinct is Flight. As soon as a personal crisis happens I want to run away from it, it’s instinctual, primal even, everything in my body screams … Continue reading
Frozen Embryo Transfer – Medical Requirements
After deciding to go ahead with an Embryo Transfer in the Czech Republic, I had set up an appointment with my doctor to go over the medical requirements the clinic had sent me via email. My appointment with my doctor … Continue reading
Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET) – Not Adoption
You may have pieced this together already because I mentioned the two donor forms that I was provided by the clinic, one for the female characteristics and one for the male. But I did not. It was only through reading … Continue reading
Embryo Adoption – The way for me
The more thought I’ve given to this option of Embryo Adoption, the more I’m feeling as though this is the way to go for me at this point in my life. I was willing to try Artificial Insemination with the … Continue reading
Embryo Adoption – Czech Republic
The past month had been a whirlwind of information about all of the conception options… and it felt a bit like stepping under the tree and falling down the rabbit hole! Bouncing back and forth amongst Facebook groups and forums, … Continue reading
Artificial Insemination – Making Connections
The same friend that recommended Embryo Adoption, suggested that I connect with a LGBQT Families group on Facebook to ask my questions about Aritificial Insemination, because many of the couples on there had used this method with high success. I … Continue reading
Embryo Adoption – Snowflake Babies
As the days wore on I continued my research into Artificial Insemination by sperm donation. I posted a question on a Facebook group I had connected to for single women wanting to have children about getting pregnant by sperm donation. … Continue reading
The Turkey Baster Method – Artificial Insemination
Okay, so you don’t actually use a turkey baster, it is a little more high tech than that…also cleaner and more sterile! Phew! My Google research on how to artificially inseminate at home gave me some options that did not … Continue reading
The Seedy Side of Artificial Insemination
Artificial Insemination – The Who. Well. This is where the whole Artificial Insemination decision gets a little weird and sometimes a little ugly, and the ugly was only on day four of navigating this option. My first step was to re-watch … Continue reading
Artificial Insemination
Artificial insemination (AI) is the deliberate introduction of sperm into a female’s uterus or cervix for the purpose of achieving a pregnancy through in vivo fertilization by means other than sexual intercourse. Insemination may be called in vivo fertilisation (from … Continue reading