I’M ADELE, A PROUD DONOR EGGE MAMA TO MY LITTLE MAN

Hello, I'm Adele and I've created this page as a safe place to share, start conversations, and connect with others who are on, thinking of, or have been on a donor egg journey.

I'd love to hear where you are on your donor egg journey and what is showing up for you emotionally.

I think just the act of writing about it sometimes can help get it out of your head.

When I was trying to conceive, the biggest thing for me was trying to balance hope and self-protection against disappointment.
It was a real battle.

I wanted to be hopeful, and yet my mind could barely let me go there. It was a coping mechanism. So many times before, I'd let my mind race forward with baby names and plans for our family and what that looked like in my mind.

The grief of letting that dream go and the cycle of disappointments over four years layered up, one upon the other, and there was very little hope left.
I learnt to live with acceptance.

Acceptance that my dream may not come true and whilst I was trying and in the game I would allow myself to be hopeful and even excited and all of those good feelings because if the cycle failed I would be disappointed anyway.

Does this resonate?

Sending much love, Adele xox