I will start this blog post by stating categorically that infertility is no laughing matter. It is perhaps one of the most devastating, non-life-threatening conditions that we suffer as humans and I would argue that it’s something that only those who have experienced it, can truly understand. During my ten year battle with this nightmare my life was turned upside-down (sometimes literally), as my desperation drove me to try anything and everything I could to have children. Du

We all know the saying “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again”, but what if you try, try and try some more and still don’t succeed? What impact can it have on you and your partner? This is a battle fought every day by millions of couples who are trying to conceive, whether it be naturally or through assisted conception. These people are holding on to their hopes and dreams and trying everything they can possibly think of to achieve their goal of a happy, healthy pregn

A long, long time ago in a decade called the 90’s, before the invention of Facebook, Instagram and Smart Phones (hard to imagine I know), I was a moody teenager. I was a moody teenager trying to discover who I was and what I wanted to be, in a posh private school where the tweed jackets itched and smelled a bit of wet dog, my woollen skirt was BELOW the knee and where I could never be who I was. But I knew what I wanted to be. In hormonal, teenage mind I wanted to be two thin