Mother’s day is coming and I know I won’t be the only person struggling on what is a seemingly happy occasion for most. I used to struggle because this November it is 6 years since my own mother passed away. I struggled because it is also very close to my birthday another difficult time ofContinue reading “Mother’s Day”
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The truth about IVF…
It’s a wonderful thing is IVF. Giving people like me the best opportunity to fall pregnant. What people don’t know is just how tough it can be. For me and my husband it’s the waiting! Not only the waiting that you have in relation to the IVF but also the waiting when your body hasContinue reading “The truth about IVF…”
Statistically speaking…
Talking statistics around fertility When we fell pregnant I never expected that statistics and mathematics would play such a part in my life and subsequent grief. I hated maths in school and never thought it would affect my life or that I would require it that much as my career progressed. We are surrounded byContinue reading “Statistically speaking…”
BFP (Big Fat Positive)
To all my IVF and fertility warrior friends…here’s to the TWW (two week wait) and your BFP. Neil and I were truly blessed to conceive with Kora and Ava naturally and within the first month. We thought as we had conceived so quickly we wouldn’t have any problems TTC (trying to conceive) again. Losing aContinue reading “BFP (Big Fat Positive)”
What does grief looks like?
February 2019 A quick google of the grief process will often bring up the 5 stages! Denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. It seems so abstract to me that grief can be defined in just 5 stages even if professional sites reference that grief is a very personal process. If you look atContinue reading “What does grief looks like?”
My First Blog Post
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.
Stars in the sky
Naively, Neil and I thought when I fell pregnant that it would result in that beautiful bundle of joy. We didn’t expect to fall pregnant so quickly and we knew we were blessed. You can imagine how overwhelming it was to be told that the bundle of joy we were expecting was in fact identicalContinue reading “Stars in the sky”
Stars in the Sky 