Nothing much has changed since I last blogged.
I had a call from The Sunday Times last week , we had a phone interview and we expect our article to be published this coming Sunday...she asked me lots of questions....
Q. Who donates to you the most?
A. So many close friends and family and we are surprised at donations from people we have never met yet they relate to our story or genuinely want to help
Q.Have you had any negative comments?
A. Yes....but it doesn't stop us believing in what we are doing. The people that give us negative comments either have children or do not have children yet but assume they will oneday.....they have never encountered infertility.....I would be interested to see what they would do/how they would react if they were told they were infertile. Also, we don't make anyone donate, they do so out of choice :)
Q. Do people speak with you about your infertility?
A. Some people do but the majority don't, even some close friends haven't event spoke to us about it
Q. Why do you think that is?
A. We understand it's hard for people. People don't know enough about infertility therefore don't know how to approach it and speak openly about it. Illnesses such as cancer, alzheimers, mental health etc are widely publicised by some huge charities so people know more about them. People just don't seem to know about infertility.
Q. What do you think needs to change?
A. If we never have a child of our own, if I could do anything I really would love to be able to raise awareness, not only about the IVF postcode lottery, but also about infertility in general. As far as I am concerned this is a medical condition that we need help with......yet we don't have access to that treatment. But....unless you have gone through it I guess you will ever understand completely...I want to help people understand and hopefully make more people help other people that are going through it! We want to talk about it and are happy to answer questions.
Q. So, what are you doing about raising the rest of the funds you need?
A. We had our fundraiser in December, we then had our new home to decorate and moved in in march so we agreed to have some downtime so we could get back to normality and enjoy life a bit more. Life wasn't good last year and although I want nothing more than to be a mummy, I have to make sure I am happy, living my life and not letting things take over. I would hate to get poorly again.
Q.Do you think your supporters/donaters understand why you are taking a break?
A. We are so grateful to all the people that have helped us so far but yes, we hope they understand why we have had to put it on hold at the moment.
Q. What next?
A. Carry on with life, be happy and when the time is right we will arrange some more fundraising events however we really do want to continue raising awareness of this and would love to see an end to this lottery
xx Paula xx
