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User:Mrsmoxy

2013-06-04T10:30:25Z

Mrsmoxy:

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===A Little About The Old Me===
After leaving school with some good exam results, a failed attempt at university and several jobs in supermarkets and bars I finally decided that nursing was the career path for me. Deciding to stay at home with my parents during my training was financially the best move however, I found myself spending most of my evenings spent on my mates sofas after yet another drunken night in town. It was during these alcohol fuelled university years that I ventured on a girly holiday to Malia, here is where I met two fellow student nurses, one in the army and the other in the Royal Navy. These two people were the turning point in my life. I was awe of the fun lifestyle that they lived and I wanted to be part of it. So that is what I did, on completion of my nurse training I joined the Royal Navy, a decision I have never regretted and that has given me some amazing experiences, the bestest of friends, some unbelievable nights out, a husband and a family.

===A Little About The New Me===
Today, I am still part of the Royal Navy and very proud to be part of our armed forces. Mixing motherhood and the military has its challenges and as yet many of those challenges are still to be faced. I work full time and have to cover out of hours duties as well. I am also at risk of being moved to another area in the UK or abroad at anytime as well as being nominated to tour operationally in places like Afghanistan. Juggling this with bringing up a very lively and demanding two year old little girl keeps me busy and although my social life may have taken a hit in a big way, the need to have vino in the fridge is a must.

===What Next===
Having served in Iraq, Gibraltar, Portsmouth and Plymouth my time in the military has been crazy and fulfilling, however my priority is now with my family, and having gone through so much to have my daughter I do not want to miss out by being away from her. So it won't be long before I hang the combats up for good. Until then I continue to live for the weekends and make the most of every minute I get to spend with my little minx.

===Another One===
After a long discussion (2 years to be exact) we have decided to try for number 2. We are currently awaiting the go ahead to start from our new clinic but unfortunately my thyroid is misbehaving. Watch this space for further news, so please please keep your fingers crossed......

===And Finally===
Being a mummy is the best job in the world even when you realise that you haven't bought anything for yourself in months, you find yourself watching cartoons when the kids aren't there, your in total meltdown when the wine bottle is empty and they have pushed you to your absolute limits. Just remember that even after going through what feels like a day of living hell, you will check in on them before you go to bed and be filled with unconditional love (until tomorrow lol).

--[[User:Mrsmoxy|Mrsmoxy]] ([[User talk:Mrsmoxy|talk]]) [[File:Mrsmoxy.jpg|64px|link=User:Mrsmoxy|Mrsmoxy]] 10:30, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Mrsmoxy's story

2013-05-02T21:10:51Z

Mrsmoxy: Created page with "Nothing in my life has ever been straight forward and I often would joke with friends about how you could write a soap opera about it, so it came as no huge surprise that achi..."

Nothing in my life has ever been straight forward and I often would joke with friends about how you could write a soap opera about it, so it came as no huge surprise that achieving my dreams of becoming a mummy would also not be plain sailing.

When I met my husband I was 26 and loving life, it was the first time in a while that i was putting me first and men were off the radar, however he had other ideas and he melted my heart. Even after a few weeks when he mentioned that he had had a vasectomy a few years previous due to being then happily married with two children did not put me off, what's life without a challenge??

Fast forward two years and we paid to have the vasectomy reversed, a procedure that brought tears to my eyes when I saw the extensive black and blue bruising but pushing that to the back of my mind I remember lovingly reassuring him that it will all be worth it. The reversal was deemed a success and we excitedly started our baby making journey.

One year later and still no pregnancy we went back to our GP. We were referred to a fertility clinic where further tests showed that there were anti sperm antibodies present in the sperm sample and that conceiving naturally would be very difficult. So in January 2009 we embarked on our ICSI journey at Hammersmith Hospital.

I remember feeling excited during our first cycle but tried to remain realistic about it at the same time. Sadly our first cycle ended in a BFN, nothing could have prepared me for that feeling of failure. I think that this was the first time I'd realised what was going on and that maybe I won't ever be a mummy. Onwards and upwards and not being one to dwell on things we picked ourselves up and embarked on round two a few months later. Amazingly two years after the reversal we did it we got our first BFP and not only that we had bagged our whole family in one go when our 6 week scan confirmed a triplet pregnancy.

The next few weeks and months passed in a blur of excitement and realisation of what was about to happen. Unfortunately though this was not the end of our ICSI journey. At just under 22 weeks pregnant I was admitted to hospital with abdominal pain. Despite the best efforts by all the medical staff involved they could not prevent the premature delivery of our beautiful daughters, born too soon for this world.

During the following months we did our best to move forward, and after a lot of soul searching we decided to have one more go. I felt that for me this was the only way I could move on. So 6 months after we lost our precious girls we started again and after what felt like the longest month of my life we got a BFP.

Today I am the very proud mummy of a very very cheeky 2 year old little girl, she pushes me to my limits and melts my heart all in one go and despite everything we have been through along the way I count myself as one of the lucky ones.

Thank you for reading and I wish you all the very best of luck with your journeys to motherhood.

--[[User:Mrsmoxy|Mrsmoxy]] ([[User talk:Mrsmoxy|talk]]) 21:10, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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2013-05-02T20:35:05Z

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