Nothing could have prepared me for the sense of loss I felt following IVF. I did all the self-preservation I possibly could have done, but when the day came that we found out it had not worked, my world fell apart.
Our first round of IVF gave us three good quality embryos. We decided to have two embryos transferred and have one frozen. I was immediately attached to them, they were the closest I had ever felt to feeling pregnant. The agonising two-week-wait was upon us, after weeks of a mammoth journey. Constant hurdles, examinations, tests, injections, hormone therapy, scans and eagerly awaited phone calls from the specialist nurses.
Elle Wright is a wife, mother, author and blogger. After the death of her son, Teddy, at three days old, Elle started writing to navigate her new life and as a way to feel purpose again. Her Feathering The Empty Nest blog is a way of finding light in darkness, positivity in times of desperation and, hopefully, making a few people laugh along the way.
