I look at her and I still can't believe she IS. She is mine..

I look at her and I still can't believe that she IS. She is mine. She is my biggest and most beautiful treasure. She is lying peacefully in her cot, stretching out her tiny arms, opening her eyes, making funny faces, and I wonder if she can already see me and feel that I am her mummy. Tears of happiness fall down my cheeks. There are many such moments, even though we have been together less than a month. However, this joy is often accompanied by the painful memory of the emptiness I felt two years ago when I found out I might never have a child. Now, cradling her in my arms, I do not regret a single moment spent preparing for IVF. Every minute of patience, every injection brought me closer to unimaginable happiness, to my beloved baby girl....

A year has passed since our first IVF attempt. Although I got pregnant very quickly, as the second transfer was already successful, the wait for the baby was long. First there were natural efforts and months of bitter disappointment. Then several months of diagnostics. We waited for the test results full of hope, we wanted to believe that everything was fine. Perhaps we even tried to cast a little spell on reality. We just quietly hoped that it was a temporary crisis.

Over time, as we received further results and learned that our chances of conceiving a child were diminishing, we slowly got used to the idea that we might be facing in vitro fertilisation. We have never been opposed to it. Both my husband and I believe in the progress of medicine and the effectiveness of the method, and yet we found it hard to believe that we would be the ones to benefit from it.

We decided to take a task-based approach to treatment, although there were many difficult moments and crises along the way. The worst part was the thought that it might not work, and then the emptiness would settle in our lives forever. It's hard for me to imagine what people who have been trying unsuccessfully for five, eight or even ten years to have a baby feel. I don't know if I would have found the strength to fight for so long. But I do know one thing - it is worth trying. Now, cuddling my little one in my arms, I don't regret a single moment spent preparing for IVF. I know that every minute of patience, every injection brought me closer to unimaginable happiness, to my beloved daughter....