Success on 60 Minutes!

Well, that was a resounding success!

Our story aired on 60 Minutes last night as I clutched the edge of my seat for quarter of an hour surrounded by my best friend, family, wine, chocolate and my mobile phone! Roma stayed up for the occasion and recognised herself, Wil, Megan and I on TV and was bouncing up and down with excitement. My parents, sisters and friend all screamed when my face appeared on the screen and the cheering didnt stop for the whole segment. They were proud of me for being brave enough to tell our story and I was also proud of Wil and Megans involvement. We all did a wonderful job :)

Overall I am really pleased with how we were all presented and portrayed, we all spoke well and the message we were trying to get across reached its target. A shame the book wasn't mentioned within the story and that none of the cute footage taken of Wil cuddling Roma made it to air, but aside from that I will say a job well done to the 60 Minutes team.

After it ended I promptly put Roma to bed before heading behind closed doors to take part in the online chat. Nerves and a pulsating headache didn't stop me from regurgitating everything I could think of to inspire and inform the fellow chatterers about everything from how much it cost to where to start the process. There was only really one 'hairy' question that I needed to word carefully but for the most part people were eager to know more information so they too can have a child through donor conception.

I am really glad to have been given the opportunity to reach so many people and I am sure babies will be born as a result.

The full story is available to view on the 60 Minutes website here http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8525349 and the online chat transcript after the show can be seen here http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8526498

My awesome sister has put together a youtube video to help promote the book, and the message, it can be seen here http://youtu.be/Hn37jRZ-Th4