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Writer's pictureMaggie and Matt

Founders Story


We were ready! Ready to start a family. Ready to become parents. Once we had made that decision, we were convinced it would happen pretty instantly. We were wrong…. sooooo wrong! Society and school had taught us how NOT to get pregnant, but never really that it could be difficult to get pregnant once we wanted to. How hard could it be? Very, it turned out…


We were told “the best part is the trying part….” wink wink. Say whaaat…?! I turned into a monster, completely obsessed with my menstruation cycle. Our lives revolved around it. Holidays, work trips, all crossed checked with “likelihood of ovulation”. Nothing sexy about that.


After a long time of trying, we came to terms that conceiving naturally wasn’t meant for us…. perhaps we should start looking into other options? But to our great surprise, we conceived naturally before exploring other options.


Further down the line we decided to try for baby number 2, and I was convinced that this time around it would happen straight away, after all “my body knew what to do”….. nah. After years of trying, I summoned up the courage to call a clinic and do all sorts of tests to find an answer why it wasn’t happening for us. It turned out we had “unexplained secondary infertility”. Infertility? Was I infertile? Was he? Were we?! How could it possibly be the “unexplained” kind?


We waited another year, hoping and trying to conceive naturally, until I finally took the step and called an IVF clinic and booked an appointment. That’s when our IVF journey began. Consisting of several tries, tons of injections, countless medicine, short and long protocol, several egg retrievals, many blood tests, countless gynaecologist exams, disappointment of failed attempts, joy of successful attempt, sorrow of miscarriage… And finally, FINALLY the unexplainable joy of one embryo sticking. The one that made it all the way…

Trying for a baby consumed me completely. I ate, slept and breathed it. During our journey we wished there would’ve been some kind of support network outside of our small circle of confidants. A network of people who were going through the struggle themselves, or had been. Somewhere to turn to for advice. Somewhere to turn for questions. Somewhere to turn to rant. Somewhere to turn for support. Somewhere to turn to for people to cheer you on. Somewhere safe.

That is why we created this destination. For those tryingforababy.com

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Jun 10, 2021

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