Dear Jacob, You are no longer my future baby but simply my baby. I can’t believe you’re here and you’re perfect. You’re 4 weeks old today. It’s currently 3am and I’m sat up listening to your little snores and noises watching you sleep waiting for your dad to take over for the next few hours.… Continue reading 26th March 2020
March 2020
Dear future baby We are officially 3 weeks and 2 days away from your due date. It seems so close but yet so far away. I feel so anxious that something is going to go wrong in these last few weeks all I want to do is to keep you safe ready to meet you.… Continue reading March 2020
December 2019
Dear future baby, It’s 7.30am on Christmas Day. Your dad is snoring next to me and Reggie is cuddled up next to me purring. You have been wiggling round in my tummy since about 4am and nothing has ever been more perfect. The last 4 Christmases have been hard, some more than others, but I… Continue reading December 2019
November 2019
Dear future babies, Well it's been 8 months since I last wrote, and what can I say, a lot has happened. It's been a year of highs and lows. In my last letter in March, we were gearing up to start a new cycle with the aim to transfer our last two embryos in May.… Continue reading November 2019
March 2019
Dear Future Babies, Where does the time go? Some weeks go so slowly I want to gouge my own eyes out but now I sit and look back at the last time I wrote to you, I can't believe it's been so long. Spring finally feels like it's on the way and I'm hoping that… Continue reading March 2019
Guest Blog – Jo
Dear future family, As I write this letter to you it is January 3 rd 2019. Your Dad and I have just spent our fifth Christmas longing for you to join us and continuing to hold on confidently to the fact that one day you will be here. We have dreamt of you for a… Continue reading Guest Blog – Jo
Guest Blog – Mohini
Dear future baby, Where do I even begin? This journey is and has been a completely mad one. It has broken me, it has tested the relationship between your daddy and I, the people around us. It’s caused so many tears all day long. It’s caused anger and I am ashamed to say, jealousy. Why… Continue reading Guest Blog – Mohini
Guest Blog – Danielle
Dear Future Babies, I say babies because I hope with all my heart both me and your Mummy Emma are able to carry one of you. Currently Mummy Emma is carrying you, our little first born, in her belly. You’re 17 weeks 4 days old and doing so well. Mummies like to listen to your… Continue reading Guest Blog – Danielle
Guest Blog – Lisa
Dear future babies Your stories are starting a lot sooner than we could have ever thought. That’s because you have a big brother who entered and left the world sooner than we could have ever thought. His name is Dylan. I am sorry if I say Dylan’s name more times a day than I talk… Continue reading Guest Blog – Lisa
Happy Birthday Babies
Dear future babies, Today marks a year since my egg collection. I'm reminiscing about this day. In some ways it feels like forever ago but in others, it feels like it was yesterday. It was definitely the start of the most exciting but nerve wracking part of our IVF story. We still have 2 embryos… Continue reading Happy Birthday Babies