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Thursday 30 June 2011

What a loser!

Well I must be doing something right!  I lost 3.5lb in the week and am very excited.  It didn't seem too hard but I do have a bit of a chocolate craving right now. 

I think one of the things that has helped is that I have been to three different training events this week on healthy eating or behaviour change in terms of healthy weight.  It obviously wasn't intentional but has worked well as a constant reminder.  Not sure what I'm going to do next week - I might have to use some willpower - what a scary thought!  I even went to the gym this week and quite enjoyed it!

On the down side the lack of chocolate has made me sleepy today so I think I might have an early night.

Happy days

Fairy Princess Mummy
xx

Wednesday 22 June 2011

Why can't chocolate be slimming?

So part of my blog will now be about my weight loss journey.   Apparently it is good to share with EVERYONE that you are trying to lose weight and blogging about it can make you more successful!
So, in the interest of honesty, openness and sharing, here are my present stats:-

BMI
31
Waist
99cm
Weight
13 st 3.5 lb  (sorry I don’t quite understand my weight in kilos – and yes I know how old fashioned that sounds)
Hips
113.5cm
Dress size
16
Bra
40F


Not horrendous but enough to make me feel uncomfortable about myself.
In order to proceed on my egg donation journey I need to get my BMI down below 30 but would love to get it down to about 26.
Ideally I want to lose on average 7lb a month and I know that will be tough but it would get me to target by Valentines’ day which would be nice.  Actually I want to lose it all y tomorrow morning but as I am too scared (not to mention too skint) to undergo major surgery I suppose I will do it the old fashioned way = Move more! Eat less!
My first mini target was to get down to 12st 10lb before a wedding we are going to in 3 weeks! Well I don’t think that is going to happen but lets’ give it a go!?!
So to kick start my weight loss I am going to do the first week of Rosemary Conley’s diet and by next Wednesday I will have visited the gym 3 times.  I hope you have more faith in me than I do!!
Fairy Princess Mummy
xx

Tuesday 21 June 2011

First Steps

So, after I made the decision to donate my eggs I first had long conversation with the lovely lady from Altrui.
This is so that I she can find out more about me to match me with the right couple and to talk me through the process.
She let me ask silly and random questions and allayed any fears I might have.  Things like:-
Is there any chance someone will come knocking on my door in 20 years time demanding time/information/money? (well of course not -  the child will not be mine in any way either legally or morally). 
What happens if I have enabled a child to be born and that child is not treated well (even as I asked this I knew how unlikely it is - anyone who is willing to put themselves through such a stressful process in order to have a child desperately wants one and will treasure that child!).
Will the procedure hurt? (Apparently not very much - in and out in less than a day).
Will I be taught how to give myself the injections needed? (Of course - no doctor in their right mind would let a numpty like me loose with a needle without some kind of tutorial).
I was also concerned about the amount of time it will take up as I will probably have the procedure done at Guys in London and I am loath to spend too much time travelling there and back, especially as I'm working full time and have two little fairies I want to spend time with.  So, the lovely Altrui lady is trying to arrange for me to have most of my consultations at my local fertility clinic to reduce this time. 
And obviously I'm worried about the injections!  As someone who couldn't have an injection or any blood taken on my own until I was in my mid 20's this is the bit that scares me.  However it is a bit like an epi pen and apparently very easy to do on your own. (And won't I be proud of myself for doing it!)

So the next steps are to send off two photos of myself - 1 toddler photo of me for the couple I am paired with and one grown up photo so that Altrui can match me physically to a suitable couple.
Also I need to lose at least half a stone as my BMI needs to be under 30 to go ahead!! - Yet another good reason to get down the gym!  So this blog will also be about my weight loss efforts.

Fairy Princess Mummy
xx

Thursday 16 June 2011

Why donate my eggs?

A couple of months ago I went to the Vitality show in London (great day out by the way) and met some lovely ladies from Altrui (http://www.altrui.co.uk/ or click on baby feet below) who were promoting egg donation.  It’s not something I had ever thought about before but something about it really resonated with me.  I am very aware how lucky I am to have my 2 fairy princesses – my husband and I adore them.  I also know some amazing parents who would never have had children if they had not had some form of fertility treatment or another.  These things together made me very interested.  The process appears very simple too.
When I came home I discussed it with my husband and tried to do a bit more research.  So, after a lot of thought I decided that this is something I would like to do and hubby is very supportive which is good as I couldn’t do it without him.  Weirdly the week I had made up my mind to call Altrui and tell them I had made a decision they rang me (no they are not psychic I had given my number to them at the Vitality show).  So the lovely Altrui lady arranged to call me later in the week when I wasn’t surrounded by little people demanding my attention!



Really quite exciting!!

Speak soon.

Fairy Princess Mummy
xx





Friday 10 June 2011

First post - ever

Hello lovely people
Thank you for reading my first ever posting.
I have been thinking of some way to keep a journal or record of life for a while and it's probably about time I got a bit more up to date with technology.
So a little bit about me: -
I am married to a lovely, supportive man (who also does all the cooking!) and we have 2 gorgeous fairy princesses (hence the name of this blog - my eldest says I am not allowed to be a fairy queen cos I am a fairy princess mummy).
I enjoy learning all sorts of things - which is lucky as my fairies help me to learn all the time (normally the art of patience! heehee) and am hoping to start a masters at some stage.
I have become slightly addicted to reading other peoples crafty blogs and am attempting some easy makes, such as stuffed felt cakes.  Although I'm not sure those that designed the patterns would be that impressed by them - my 3 year old loves them and I will happily share photos of them with you! 
But the main reason I finally decided to begin this blog is to share with you a journey on which I am about to embark.  I finally made the decision to look further in to donating my eggs!  I know how lucky I am to have two wonderful children and if I can help someone else achieve that then that would be great.  When I started looking in to this I found very little information on it so hopefully my take on this will be helpful to others looking in to it!
So expect a blog full of fluffy, girly fun; links to other fabulous blogs and a warts and all look at parenting and being a donor.
I hope you'll join me again in a couple of days for my next post which will be a bit more about egg donation.
xxx