Firstly I hope this post doesn’t upset anyone, I’ve been in that position and chosen many a time not to open these.
After a very quick labour and terrifying emergency section, my lucky egg arrived yesterday morning. We chose not to find out the sex (we didnt care either way!), and despite being convinced it was a boy, baby Florence arrived at 5.34am.
She was the surprised pregnancy that happened just as we’d picked a donor and paid for eggs. I was waiting for my period to arrive and it never did. Surprise is an understatement. I’d had four failed rounds of IVF, never had anything to freeze and didn’t even get to transfer on my last cycle. Our consultant said my chances were <5%. My periods have always been wildly irregular and I could never track ovulation. My left tube is blocked and I have a uterine septum. I never even entertained the idea of a natural pregnancy, that was just something that happened to other people.
But I was wrong. Sometimes miracles do happen. I didn’t really grasp the reality of being pregnant and didnt let myself believe it, something which I regret now in hindsight. Yesterday morning wasn’t quite the peaceful entrance to the world we’d hoped for; an excruciatingly quick labour with the midwife pulling the emergency switch and the room filling with people taking me into theatre before I knew what was happening, and baby being whisked off to scbu before I could touch her, but she is safe now and improving by the hour. I finally held her late last night and cried. I told her the lucky egg story, I will probably tell her that story for a long time yet.
I am eternally grateful for the position I’m in. I spent so long thinking this would never happen and I’m not taking a minute of it for granted. I won’t be disappearing from this forum either, I am still rooting for so many others and truly hope everyone gets their miracles soon too xxx
*sensitive* little man has arrived 
Elective C Section once in Labour
SENSITIVE- our dream came true
