Now, I don’t know about you, but I don’t remember much from my sex education at school. What I do remember is some labelling of anatomy diagrams and our biology teacher trying to explain periods, getting flustered and mumbling something about making sure we disposed of our pads properly in the bin. Suffice it to say I’ve learnt a lot about my own bloody body in the past few years which I am fairly sure I should have already known. However, in talking to friends it appears I am not the only one with substandard knowledge of reproduction and the reproductive system, so buckle up as I’m going to attempt to explain in my idiots guide to making babies. Enjoy.
Continue reading “The idiots guide to making babies (Or how on earth did any of us get here anyway?)”Ah shit.
Bugger bugger bugger. This is turning out to one hell of a day and I don’t know how it will end yet – by the time this is posted I will and hopefully it’s a good one so we can laugh about this story…
Continue reading “Ah shit.”Unsolicited advice (Or fuck the actual fuck off)
Today I’m in Africa on holiday, Namibia to be precise, and I just had an experience I have had many times before from different well meaning people. It gave me the way to start this post, the title of which has been in my head for over 2 years and is essentially what I would like to reply to all the unsolicited advice and comments I have received over the past few years and have instead (mainly) just smiled politely. Let’s begin.
Continue reading “Unsolicited advice (Or fuck the actual fuck off)”Getting away from it all – or can you?
Sometimes there is nothing like a break to give you a new perspective on things. Life over the last two years especially has felt like it has been partially on hold as we went through IVF treatment, particularly because in my case I was travelling very frequently for treatment due to the short length of my cycles and the amount that were cancelled part way through for various reasons.
Continue reading “Getting away from it all – or can you?”