The Story Behind the Birth of Our First Child

In Vitro Fertilization, or in other words, grace of nature inflicted directly upon mankind. If there is a poll about the most influential medical miracles of the last millennia - IVF would sit there. Ask the millions of otherwise-wouldn't-be mothers if you don't believe me.

Hey I'm telling this because I know. We had our child via IVF and you can't imagine the boulder of guilt it lifted from my wife, for not being able to give us a baby for ages. Now that we have our little angel shinning like a bright star, we often look back at the days where we tried, kept on trying - and finally being able to get there.

The path wasn't all free of roadblocks though. Human nature has implanted jealousy permanently in it. Susie, our 'friend', a proud mother of three startling kids, repeatedly scared the hell out of us saying IVF may lead to a deformed birth. She would insist on the same vibe of pessimism EVERY time we had a chat. It made me very worried personally. Not being able to father a child is one thing, going over the edge and contributing to the birth of a deformed child is a completely different story.

We were ill-conceived and confused. We were on the edge of losing all hopes and my wife was even secretly jotting contacts of the adaption agencies. Then one bright Sunday afternoon, a little consultation with an angel disguised by someone named Dr. Connelly from Hampshire Med changed everything...
One of our crucial landmarks was to check the IVF Due Date Calculator, Regularly!