A love letter to my baby on his first birthday!
"It couldn't have been any other baby, any other way" @familybyde I still have to pinch myself when I say... my little donor egg miracle is one! Over the past year I've been lucky enough to speak to lots of people either thinking about donor IVF, embarking on it or pregnant/parenting thanks to donor conception. The main thing we have in common is the grief, fear and anxiety that comes with the territory before taking the plunge; like the enormity of this decision will weigh on us forever. Don't get me wrong, becoming a donor parent does have its down days (I'll cover that another time) but as I think about this special milestone in Baby's life, I wanted to revisit some of my experiences so that he knows exactly how joyful a time this was but also to think about those early fears in relation to the reality of our new life with our donor-conceived baby. I borrowed the opening quote from another wonderful DE IVF warrior - as it really sums up how I
