Announcements

Well the last of the little babies has arrived. Welcome to the world Eliza Catherine, born 10th February 2006. Yet another play mate for Bella. Congratulations Nicole, Sean and Owen.

Congratulations to Paula and Deon on the birth of daughter Meike Belle on the 9th November 2005. Meike arrived two weeks early and only two days after Isabella. This has really be the year for girls.

Congratulations to our Aussie Princess Mary and her husband Fred on the arrival of their little prince on Saturday 15th October. With an Aussie Mum I think that little boy is going to have a pretty good life as a future King of Denmark.

Congratulations to Jamie and Wade on the arrival of Hayden on Thursday 13th October. Jamie has put some great photos up on little Haydens web page.

It was with great relief that I received a call from Andrew to tell me that Sharon had a baby girl, Sienna Lily Monet on the 9th August at 5.56pm. Looks like Ernie is going to have lots of little playmates.

Congratulations to my next door neighbours Jane and Peter on the early arrival of daughter Gemma Marie at 7.01pm on Tuesday 2nd August. I met Gemma today and she is a really pretty little girl with blue eyes and a full head of hair which seems to have blonde tips. Another playmate for Ernie.

My deepest sympathy to my cousin Darryl and his wife Sharon on the awful loss of their little girl Hannah Louise who was born on Saturday 23rd July at 22 weeks gestation. Unfortunately little Hannah was just too small and her little life far too short.

Congratulations to Jenny and Michael on the arrival of daughter Elise Isabelle at 7.45am on Saturday 16th July. Apparently she has a full head of hair and is just beautiful.

Congratulations to Libby on the safe arrival of daughter Erica Bess at 4.15am on the 11th July 2005.

The story so far....

About three years ago I was finally diagnosed with a little condition called Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. It's not that I suddenly woke up one day and had this condition - I'd had it all my life apparently and the silly doctors just hadn't done the right investigations over the past 10 plus years to find it. My worst fears were confirmed... I was probably going to have a hard time becoming pregnant and then when I did, managing to get a healthy, happy baby at the end of nine months. Up until this point it wouldn't have been a big deal but I'd finally found someone with whom I wanted to have children and I was ready to have them.

This was when our journey with infertility and the 'roller coaster' of emotions that accompanies it began and is about to get even more serious in a couple of weeks with our first foreray into the 'joys' of IVF. I'm hoping we will be one of the lucky ones for whom IVF actually works.

Isn't it strange.....

I'm sitting here at my computer starting a blog. Never thought that I would become one of the blogging masses but as soon as this post is published, I'm going to be a blogger. This first entry is really hard - I'm putting a ridiculous amount of pressure on myself trying to get it right and then worrying about what anyone reading this will think. Which leads me to my next scary thought... is anyone actually going to read this anyway?

My other problem - I've got so much to say that I don't know where to start. I'm about to share some of my most intimate thoughts and feelings with who ever takes the time to read my ramblings and I don't know what I should be writing about. I'm sure others have had this problem too, but it doesn't make it any easier for me.

This would have to be the single most boring first blog entry in the history of the world.