Please help our family grow

[suwanep]

My partner (Derek 42) and myself (Gayleen 45) met 8 years ago and have been together ever since. I feel extremely lucky that I found the man of my dreams the second time around. I have a 16 year old daughter from an earlier marriage who my partner adores. We would dearly love to extend our family as we are a loving and caring couple with very close families and friends. We live on the Tweed Coast, have a successful business, are financially secure, enjoy family holidays and camping adventures with our friends and their families.

We did fall pregnant but our baby daughter was stillborn at 39 weeks which devasted us both. We fell pregnant again 11 months after but sadly miscarried at 6 weeks. Since then we having been trying to have another child with the help of our local IVF centre, and have had 7 attempts over the last 3 years. We had good results on our first 5 attempts with eggs fertilising but sadly none of the transferred embryo’s were successful. Our last 2 attempts resulted in no eggs reaching the embryo stage.. Our specialist has advised us that Egg quality is our major problem And our dream of becoming a family will only be achieved through egg donation.

Our only hope is an extremely generous and compassionate woman, who is aged between 21 and 35 who is willing to donate her eggs. We are happy to discuss a relationship that is open or closed with you.

[Kelsey]

Hi Gayleen and Derek,
Gee you have been through some tough times,
I wish you well and hope you find a new happy chapter,
Leanne

[Celestine]

Hi :wave: suwanep,

Just dropping in to say welcome & wish you all the best in your search for a donor:angel:.

Hopefully you will find one soon.


:sunshine:

Deb

[suwanep]

Hi Gayleen and Derek,
Gee you have been through some tough times,
I wish you well and hope you find a new happy chapter,
Leanne


Thanks Leanne,
we have found a new chapter.
Good luck on your quest also.
Gayleen and Derek

[Celestine]

Does that mean you have found your donor?

If so, congratulations:yelclap:

[elwoodgal]

Do you have good news to share Gaylene?
Hope all is well.
elwoodgal

[goodegg]

It's always so lovely to hear good news. Hope to hear that things are moving along for you. You certainly deserve it after all you've been through.

good luck,

goodegg

[suwanep]

Does that mean you have found your donor?

If so, congratulations:yelclap:

Hi baby4me
I am a newbie on repling to threads. Please bear with me. We have not found a donor at this stage. We did advertise in our local paper and was extremely lucky to have 4 wonderful ladies reply.

It is all so overwhelming I feel a bit lost. I have explained to each of the ladies what is involved in egg donation. I am not sure of the next step. Should I follow up or wait until they get back to me as a don't want to seem that I am putting pressure for an answer. Any help on the next step would be appreciated.
Bye for now:wave:
suwanep

[suwanep]

Hi goodegg
Thank you for your kind wishes. When I read your tread it was much the same as our journey. We tried herbs, acupuncture, massage, vitamins anything that gave you the chance of one healthy miracle egg.

It was hard to be advised by our IVF dr that you need help to conceive but the kind wishes and personal stories on the forum make you feel that you are not alone.

I love your title, very clever. Goodluck on your search for your good eggs.
Bye for now:flowerz:
suwanep

[goodegg]

Hi suwanep,:wave:

Glad to hear that you've got some 'nibbles'. Don't really know what you can do if potentials go quiet on you. You don't want to pursue relentlessly, but a chatty follow up would be fine I would have thought.:ecomcity:

Good luck with it all,

goodegg

[elwoodgal]

Possibly give any potential ED's info from your Clinic (photocopy several copies) or refer the to the 'Stickies' posted at the top of this section. Or print out yourself.
I think any potential ED's need to be fully informed in what is involved before you get too enthused.
Some may 'drop off' when they realise what is involved b/c it is a big ask lets face it.

Hopefully 1 of your potential ED's will be the right one for you.

elwoodgal

[Celestine]

Hi suwanep,

I am glad that you have had some replies to your add. I would wait a couple of weeks (probably about 2) to allow them to digest all the information you have provided, talk to their partners & family etc., before making further contact. I would probably then contact them to ask if they have received the information and whether they have any further questions. I don't think that would be too pushy.

All the best. Don't be afraid to ask if you need any help.

:goodvibes::goodvibes::goodvibes:

PS I have added your name to the list of those actively seeking a donor :angel:.

[suwanep]

Hi elwoondgal & baby4me & goodegg,:wave:

Thank you so much for your help. It does make sence that any potential ED's would need a couple of weeks to digest all the info and time to talk to husband's, family and friends.

I have now read the 'stickies' posted. Great information and I will print off and forward to potential ED's.

I feel a lot more relaxed and in control of the next step for which I am very grateful.
Have a great weekend. The :sunshine: is finally out on the Tweed Coast after 10 weeks of rain.
Bye for now,
suwanep