Fertility Blog

If I had a dollar for every time someone told me to “just relax” on my fertility journey, I’d have enough money to pay for all those IVF cycles over again!  It really pissed me off, and I’m only just realising WHY those two little words made me so angry.

Aside from...

What do you do on your fertility journey when your heart and your head are in constant conflict with each other?

When you’re struggling against both of them.  They have differing opinions and you’re not sure which one to listen to. 

When your head is screaming to you to stop...

My husband and I started trying for a baby on our honeymoon.  The first morning I left my contraception in the packet was exhilarating (and a little scary).  I had spent my whole life – 33 years of it at the time – trying NOT to get pregnant.  So, that simple act,...

If you’ve ever asked, HOW DO I STAY POSITIVE WHILE GOING THROUGH INFERTILITY? or HOW DO I MAINTAIN HOPE AFTER ALL THE DISAPPOINTMENTS? you’re not alone.  I get asked this question ALL the time. 

Struggling with infertility is an ongoing battle. They don’t call it a...

If Mother’s Day is the worst day when struggling to conceive, Father’s Day would have to be the second worst day.

And if you’re living in certain parts for the world (United States and Canada) brace yourselves, because here it comes…...  (if you’re here in...

When you’re navigating your way through infertility on your path to parenthood, in my personal experience, there are two things we struggle with the most……

Firstly………UNCERTAINTY.  The constant questions of……..could this ALL be for...

Let’s talk about one of the biggest triggers on our path to motherhood……

PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Yep, the thing that makes us cringe the most when we open our social media feed. The thing that feels like a dagger to the heart.  The thing that can ruin friendships and...

IVF is not something we dream of. Injecting ourselves in the stomach with a needle is a far stretch from that romantic picture we had in our head of conceiving a baby and becoming a mother.  

But for a lot of us, we head down that path. And it is SO daunting. The paperwork alone is enough to...

I’m going to be completely honest.

Infertility ruined my sex life.

And from a poll I recently conducted over on Instagram, 88% of people said that their fertility struggles had an impact on their sex life.

You see, when you decide to have a baby, you imagine the passionate love-making as...

The moment it all came crashing down for me like a house of cards.  Everything I had ever believed in.  Was when I realised that I didn’t have control over whether I fell pregnant or not each month. 

And for someone who likes to have everything in order, who isn't...

Wake me up when Mother’s Day is over!!

THE most dreaded day in the whole year for someone who is trying to conceive (ttc).

It’s a slap in the face. Ok, it’s more like a dagger to the eye.

And it’s not just one day - it’s the lead up. It’s completely impossible...

I’m going to share with you how you can move through infertility a little smoother.  With less resistance.  More flow.  Less conflict and internal battles.

I have spent a large portion of my life battling my emotions and thoughts.  Yes – me literally arguing with...