FINDING JOY During These UNCERTAIN TIMES | July 2020

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FINDING JOY During These UNCERTAIN TIMES | July 2020
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As Melbourne prepares to enter lockdown 2.0, this moody Winter's day in the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Gardens was so calming and needed.

Hope you enjoy this little nature vlog, with some Kookaburra's laughing at the end!

xo

For more regular updates head over to INSTAGRAM ~ @tim.celeste.x

And for all things "Little Dream" follow ~ @darlingcloverco

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"LITTLE DREAM" [ a story to be read to a longed for baby ] :

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OUR TTC BACKGROUND:
~ Married - May 2013
~ Conceived naturally after a couple months trying, ended in missed miscarriage at 9w4d - Oct 2014
~ D&C
~ Laparoscopy surgery after 1 unsuccessful year of TTC following first miscarriage - Nov 2015
~ Surgery revealed blocked tubes due to infection following D&C
~ Conceived naturally prior to starting IVF, ended in another missed miscarriage at 7w6d- Feb 2016
~ Another D&C
~ Conceived naturally again prior to starting IVF, ended in chemical pregnancy- March 2016
~ IVF egg retrieval #1 - April 2016
~ Fresh embryo transfer ended in chemical pregnancy with 0 embryos frozen
~ IVF egg retrieval #2 - June 2016
~ Fresh embryo transfer ended in chemical pregnancy with 1 embryo frozen
~ Conceived naturally, slow rising HCG & ended in blighted ovum - Sept 2016
~ Yet another D&C
~ FET #1, never happened as our 1 frozen embryo didn't survive the thawing process - Dec 2016
~ IVF egg retrieval #3 - May 2017
~ FET #2- September 2017 - Heartbreaking BFN with PGS normal embryo...
~ Another Laparoscopy & Hysteroscopy surgery - November 2017.... TUBES NO LONGER BLOCKED!
~ DQ Alpha gene partial match - unexplained infertility FINALLY explained! = alloimmune implantation dysfunction
~ IVF egg retrieval #4 - June 2019 - total fertlization failure
~ IVF egg retrieval #5 - September 2019 - 2 PGS normal embryos frozen
~ Gestational surrogacy process started - Nov 2019
~ Gestational surrogacy application hearing to get approval - March 2020
~ FET preparation with gestational surrogate - March 2020
~ Gestational Surrogacy FET #1 with PGS tested embryo - April 2020 - chemical pregnancy
~ Gestational Surrogacy FET #2 with PGS tested embryo - August 2020

After 7 pregnancy losses, 11 surgeries, (including egg collections), & 6 long years of receiving constant bad news, we are so ready to finally hold our longed for rainbow baby in our arms!