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IVF

The Best Advice I Ever Got
The First Visit to the IVF Clinic
Making My Peace With Donor Sperm
Meeting the (Sperm) Bank Manager
Entering the IVF System or On the Fifth Day I Waited
The IVF Story Continues: Direct Debit Or Bust
For goodness sake, can we do it already?
The First Attempt at Pregnancy
The Two Week Wait (2WW)
The Day of the Pregnancy Test
IVF: Gearing Up For Round Two
IUI Round Two
Hysterosalpingogram? I'll Pass
IVF: Too Many Too Fast
IVF 1
The First Return
IVF: Don't Test Early



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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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