No filter.
Just my eggsperience.
Who’s behind the diary.
For years I wrote here anonymously, I was ‘egg girl’: a single British woman in the Middle East, unsure what she was allowed to say or do, so I said and did it quietly for fear of breaking the law.
I’m in my early fifties now. The laws around single women in the UAE have relaxed a little, and in many ways, so have I.
Meet the woman behind the diary.
Read about me
Tick, tock. The clock every woman hears.
In May 2015, shortly after my 40th birthday, I made a decision I thought would buy me time.
Freeze my eggs. Keep the door open for Mr Right, and for the baby I’d always assumed would come.
It was meant to be a sensible, straightforward plan.
It wasn’t.
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Why I’m sharing this.
Because nobody told me.
Not in my twenties, when it might have changed everything. Not in my thirties, when I was suddenly scrambling to catch up.
I’m writing this in the hope that the next woman hears it sooner, with a great deal less fear and hopefully not having to go through all that I went through.
Read My HopeOne journey, two chapters: freezing my eggs, then choosing to become a mum on my own.
My Egg Freezing Journey Across Borders
Cracking open the truth about egg freezing, one round at a time.
Twenty-five rounds of egg freezing between Dubai and the UK, written anonymously as ‘egg girl’ while UAE law was unclear — and every unexpected hurdle along the way.
Single Motherhood by Choice
Choosing motherhood on my own terms, one brave decision at a time.
Choosing to try and become a mum on my own, written with greater openness following UAE legal reforms regarding unmarried motherhood. As some aspects of treatment for single women remain illegal or unclear locally, I have had my treatments overseas: clinics abroad, donor selection, Frozen Embryo Transfer and the reality of doing it solo.
Latest entries
Pregnancy Test Day
Monday 28 June – 12 days after my transfer and this was the day I took my pregnancy test. Whilst I know it is good to stay positive, by the time I…
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D day – AKA Conception Day
I don’t know if you do have a ‘conception day’ as such with this process, I mean is it on “Day 0” which is the day they defrosted 9 of my eggs and…
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Welcome To The Clinic
Final scan and blood test day has arrived and its off to the clinic I go. Being slightly underwhelmed by Northern Cyprus itself and the five star…
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The things I had to look up myself.
Plain-language notes on what actually happens, the words you'll keep hearing in a clinic, and where to go when you want something more reliable than a search engine.
All resourcesNew entries, when they land.
No weekly digest, no funnel. When there is something new to say, you'll hear about it.
You don't have to do this quietly.
Write in with a question, or with a story of your own. It can be anonymous, and none of it has to be clinical.
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