Hi! Welcome to my blog. My name is Sarah and I am a lesbian. I have recently married the love of my life in a civil partnership.
We have both decided it is time to take the next step and start a family. Although, as far as I'm aware, I'm fit and healthy, for obvious reasons this isn't going to be as straightforward as 'normal' couples, but it isn't impossible!
I hope to chart our journey on this blog, and to be as open and frank as possible. Maybe another lesbian couple will stumble upon it and may find the information useful. Maybe no-one will read it but me, and it will just be an on-line diary and a way for me to let off some steam.
Either way, it should be an adventure!
So far we know very little, I know some people manage it from home with a syringe and a willing male friend. Me and C (my partner) don't want to do it this way, there can sometimes be emotional complications, the donor suddenly deciding he wants to be part of the family and help raise the child etc. We want it to be just us and the baby, so we are hoping for help from a fertility clinic.
However, apart from deciding that I will be the one to carry the baby, we don't know where to go from here, or any of the costs or other things involved. I've found a very good website called Stonewall (link on the left) that is a wealth of information for gays and lesbians for all aspects of life. They have an online guide for getting pregnant, but no numbers etc for contacting a fertility clinic.
I've booked an appointment to see a nurse at my local surgery on Thursday, hopefully she will be able to point us in the right direction.
Wish us luck!
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