Back to everyday life

We had our first ever Christmas as a family of three. It wasn't as I imagined it long ago but it was still wonderful. But then a lot of things are not how I imagined them long ago and are still amazing.

I imagined having children at around 23 but than they wouldn't be Lily. I am so lucky to be so close to this wonderful person and have the responsibility to look after her for a while. I love her so much and I am so glad to have exactly her and not someone else.

Lily loved spending time with her grandparents, cousins and all sort of family members. The plane journey was not too bad either and she was brilliant all through the long voyage. With all the excitement going on she got a bit confused at some point thinking bedtime started in the afternoon and morning started at 3 pm but once home we managed to get her back to normal.

Sadly this idyll will not last long as I am back to work in January. We hope that Lily will settle in to the nursery realtively easy as she loves to socialise and we also hope that she won't be constantly ill for the first few month as she has already been exposed to a lot of other children at playgroups. We might just be a bit too optimistic.

Going back to work will make PGD far, far more difficult as well. As our clinic is in London a single appointment means missing a whole day's work not to mention the costs.

But I do like my work and it will be great to get a nice work-life balance. If only we wouldn't have to deal with PGD as thus it will be a work-life-PGD balance.