A blog about my life – the good, bad and the ugly!
When you start on the fertility journey – loathe this term, but nothing else quite captures the unexpected roadblocks, accidents, deadends, wrong turns and suddenly parts of clear sailing that you find yourself experiencing – you may need to make a choice on which fertility clinic you choose.
This is where it gets a bit like internet dating (which I also have far too much experience of…)
Continue reading “Why choosing a clinic is a bit like online dating…”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?”Ah supplements. Aka, how to create the most expensive toilet bowl of pee on a daily basis.
Once again, the joyful world of supplements is probably something you are blissfully unaware of before entering the world of the ‘trying to conceive’. I think most people probably know they need to supplement with folic acid to try and prevent conditions like spina bifida. However, did you know that there are a myriad of other things that are often recommended? Continue reading “Let’s talk about supplements (baby)”
If you’re thinking about IVF you need to tell your manager.
Controversial? Probably, but bear with me.
Continue reading “IVF and working life”The IVF experience is a whole new world for anyone who falls into it. For most, its somewhere they end up after all other things have failed for whatever reason whether male or female factors.
Most approach IVF with great hope, that FINALLY this will be the solution that means someday soon they will be holding a baby in their arms.
Continue reading “WTF is IVF anyway?”I’ve been thinking about writing this for some time to try and track my journey over the past few years.
You’re probably wondering what I am talking about or why I think anyone might be interested in reading what I need to say. Not necessarily want to say, but need to say and feel it needs to be said.
Let me start at the beginning.
Continue reading “Today a line was drawn”