by Meg Benjamin | May 22, 2018 | 50 is the New Mommy
The day I dropped our donor gift off was super emotional for me. I basically balled the entire drive to the center, about 45 minutes away from my house. When I got there and was about to walk into the center, I got all choked up again. I really had to pull myself...
by Meg Benjamin | May 20, 2018 | 50 is the New Mommy, Blog
Our donor is anonymous, and she is a beautiful person for donating her eggs to us. We wrote her a heartfelt card and left a beautiful gift for her at the fertility center on the day of her egg retrieval. To be an egg donor isn’t just about getting paid to donate...
by Meg Benjamin | May 1, 2018 | 50 is the New Mommy, Blog
My infertility journey began just after my husband, Steve, and I were married in 2015. I was 46 at that time and he was 39. We waited about two years before we started to see if having a family of our own was an option. We wanted to see what the possibility of us...
by Meg Benjamin | Mar 2, 2018 | 50 is the New Mommy, Blog
After our initial consult at the Infertility clinic that my general doctor referred me to, I was told that my eggs are too old, and I only had a less than 1% chance of getting pregnant and maintaining that pregnancy on my own. This was delivered with the fact that we...