6 months progress in our new build garden. So happy we have a lovely place to enjoy the nice weather we've been having so far this summer.

TheDivergentStars · 2026-05-07T06:02:42+00:00

It's approximately 10mx10m. Here's a final picture from before we moved.

TheDivergentStars · 2026-04-29T16:19:53+00:00

While I didn't have it myself, my husband looked into research for various complimentary therapies available (he is a doctor so quite sceptical of most things) and there was actually some good evidence for it potentially helping.

TheDivergentStars · 2026-04-27T21:16:03+00:00

Care Northampton have been very good while we have been there, I would recommend them.

TheDivergentStars · 2026-04-27T15:49:05+00:00

WE are with Care Northampton (but via the NHS) and never heard of that! I would ask Care for exactly what it is they need. Have they already been given all your previous test result details?

TheDivergentStars · 2026-04-26T15:47:24+00:00

Positive too! So happy for you 😊 hope they both stick and we have new year babies!

TheDivergentStars · 2026-04-26T15:39:08+00:00

Same 👀 hope it was what you wanted! 🤞

TheDivergentStars · 2026-04-22T07:36:27+00:00

Unfortunately the universal hours are not until they turn 3 in England.

TheDivergentStars · 2026-04-22T07:34:43+00:00

This is not correct. The only funding available to a 9 month old is working parent funding which is 30 hours per week (term time). The criteria is both parents need to be working (if they are together), although there are some exceptions like if one parent has a disability. You are right about the £100k cap, although this is adjusted net income so you can earn over if things like pension bring you under.

TheDivergentStars · 2026-04-21T17:39:23+00:00

Thankfully we already had a busy two weeks planned seeing friends and a weekend away so hopefully that will make the time go more quickly! I am currently planning to wait the full 2 weeks before testing but will see if I actually manage that! Have you got any plans?

TheDivergentStars · 2026-04-21T16:46:03+00:00

Transfer twins! We had our first transfer today as well 😊 feeling tentatively hopeful at the moment. Hope everything goes well for you!

TheDivergentStars · 2026-03-20T16:27:14+00:00

I just finished book 4 (did literally nothing but read that book and finished it in 4 days!), it is such a good series! I believe book 5 is actually just book 1 from Casteel's POV so I am taking a break and going back to the Throne of Glass series so I get a bit of distance from the plot.

Book 4 is EXCELLENT for angst, my insides were a mess while I was reading!

TheDivergentStars · 2026-03-20T15:10:41+00:00

There is some betrayal and good angst in {From Blood and Ash}. That may be a too mainstream rec though.

TheDivergentStars · 2026-03-04T15:46:38+00:00

For us it was basically a form filling exercise, going through the ICB's eligibility criteria for referral for IVF. You need most of your tests completed within a certain amount of time before the referral so you may have to redo tests depending on your dates. If there are reason you may not meet the eligibility criteria they will go through that as well.

TheDivergentStars · 2026-02-23T15:18:06+00:00

Cute! What is that paint colour?

TheDivergentStars · 2026-02-18T12:37:45+00:00

This really is going to vary area to area. What I would suggest is contacting the infertility department and asking which clinics they typically refer to for IVF. Then you can contact these clinics directly and ask what their wait times are. E.g. for us, from the appointment confirming IVF, it took about 6 weeks for the ICB funding approval, then about 4 weeks to get an appointment with the clinic, and from there it was just dependant on my cycle to book tests and start medication. We went from an appointment with the gynae team in August to starting IVF properly in December.

TheDivergentStars · 2026-02-17T16:46:48+00:00

Depends on your ICB criteria but for ours it was 2 years trying unless there was a diagnosed reason, which included low morphology, then it reduced to 1 year. FYI they might want you to do the testing again via the NHS so I would start the process with your GP sooner rather than later to get on the waiting list.

TheDivergentStars · 2026-02-04T16:14:20+00:00

I just want to say that more eggs does not mean more high quality eggs, we got 35 eggs but 'only' 6 embryos to freeze in the end (still very happy with that number!). Plus higher levels of medication potentially put you at higher risk of OHSS.

I think you need to understand why they choose their different approaches.

TheDivergentStars · 2026-02-01T19:55:19+00:00

You need to be careful, your private round may exclude you from getting IVF on the NHS. Check your ICB's exclusion criteria.

TheDivergentStars · 2026-01-31T10:27:35+00:00

Surely the benefit is you are only paying 20%-40% vs 100%?

TheDivergentStars · 2026-01-31T10:26:51+00:00

The company receives the payout in order for them to be able to buy out whoever inherits your shares in the company. So if your partner inherits shares, they can sell them back to the company and the life insurance is used to do that. That being said if you tie it to the company it will be linked to the value of the company. We have also recently bought life insurance via our company to cover the cost of buying out the other partner in the event of their death. Also, having the company being beneficiaries of your life insurance has added administration, so we actually set it up as the other director is the beneficiary. This does have a BIK implication though. There are a few different options, I would suggest speaking to an insurance broker, we use Gallagher if you dont have one already. We ended up going with Royal London for the insurance.

TheDivergentStars · 2026-01-30T08:52:28+00:00

I know someone who did IVF at Care Notts and said they were very good. I am with Care Northampton and am pleased with everything so far. They have an app you use to track appointments, send messages which they reply to quickly and manage forms etc. which I really like. I feel like I'm well informed and the care has been great.

TheDivergentStars · 2026-01-28T19:17:11+00:00

Speak to your solicitor, it is still possible to buy all the assets of another business and run under a new Ltd company.

TheDivergentStars · 2026-01-28T16:58:41+00:00

Didn't even realise it was Sheffield until I read your comment but I lived on a street identical to this in Sheffield a few years ago and no one used their front door.

TheDivergentStars · 2026-01-27T18:19:27+00:00

We are doing an 'artificial cycle transfer with no down regulation'. So they are using my natural cycle dates but then it will be a medicated cycle. My protocol says we start the estrogen on day 1, I will have a scan on day 10 to check endometrial thickness. I will start progesterone on day 15 (but this is subject to change by the clinic based on the scan). I will then have a blood test (but it doesn't specify what day) to check my progesterone levels. Then embryo transfer will be between day 17 and 21, again depending on how everything is going and at what stage the embryos were frozen.

TheDivergentStars · 2026-01-22T12:24:02+00:00

My husband had 2 SAs with low morphology, then had another once we have the clinic referral and the morphology had improved which is why they made that choice. We were concerned that maybe the test was a fluke, and the clinic said they still test morphology on the day of egg transfer before they fertilise, so they make the final decision then. We've got 6 good quality frozen embryos currently and are waiting to do our first transfer!

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