May 9, 2004 | Recipe for a baby.
One year of trying to conceive.
GP appointments and tests.
One year of waiting for a specialist appointment.
More tests.
Surgery.
Results.
Another year of tests (and still trying).
Reading endless books on infertility.
Another long wait for another specialist.
One year of homeopathic treatment.
Chinese herbs.
Change in diet.
False pregnancy.
Depression.
Finally meeting with a fertility doctor.
Three IUI's - all negative.
One IVF - negative.
Three donor IUI's - all negative.
Deciding to end the drugs, needles and invasive treatments.
Decided to adopt from China.
Two years of paperwork, medical testing, police checks and hope.
A long weekend in New York.
SARS.
A picture of our beautiful baby.
The flight to China.
Holding our beautiful Zhan Hua Nan.
She is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I cannot imagine a life without her.
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