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After IVF

The First Question About Daddy
An Only Child
IVF Reunion - A Chain Of Love, Friendship And Hope
Starting The Daddy Conversations
DNA Is Over-rated
Who's The Brave One?
Five Things I Want You To Know About Your Father
Unavailable And Not Sorry
Last Night Of First Year
Family Day
How Do You Cope?
A Single Mother's Birthday
Single Motherhood, Should You Or Shouldn't You?
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At the age of 46 and four years after I started the IVF process, I brought home my beautiful DD. This a blog about a woman for whom not being a mother was unacceptable. Add to the mix that I'm also an Expat, Jewish, British, Israeli (sort of), Single, a Teacher, a Writer, a Homemaker, an almost Vegetarian (it's a process), a recent Minimalist, and you have Midlife Singlemum.

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