Fertility Blog

Anyone who is trying to conceive or wants to have babies in the future has that room set aside.  You know, the one that accumulates baby things.  Hand-me downs from your sister or token items you purchase for when you’re pregnant.  That cute book you can picture reading them at night, or that cool l...

When I was in my 20’s, I watched my father die of cancer and held his hand as he took his last breath.  I visited my grandmother and hugged her in the hospital the night before she died.  And this all happened a month apart! 

So, I was no stranger to loss and grief.  But the grief associated with i...

By the time we go down the path of surrogacy, we’ve usually been trying to conceive for quite some time.

Using a surrogate to carry our baby is more often than not THE last option in our bag of tricks after exhausting all possible avenues. IUI, IVF, invasive exploratory surgeries, diets, acupunctur...

One of the lessons I learned on my fertility journey was that in order to heal, you must feel.

In my book, The Injustice of Infertility, where I share ALL of the lessons, I write –

“In order to heal, you must feel. And yes, that is so freaking difficult because the emotions and situations we’re de...

Just RELAX.

One of THE most frustrating pieces of advice I was given throughout my fertility journey.

This was closely followed by, just go on a holiday and it will happen.

First of all, being told to relax has the opposite effect on ANYONE.

It’s the same as CALM DOWN. I know for a fact that nev...

This question has been on my mind, due to a recent post I put up on Instagram.  It caused quite a stir and criticism, and got me thinking whether I had done the right thing.

Actually, in truth, it shot me straight into a vortex of confusion and shame. 

Which is exactly how I felt when I was in the...

Those two little words.

THE most dreaded solution when you're trying to conceive. We hear them all the time.  And it has the ability to push us from calm to boiling point every single time.

I never truly understood WHY we hate those words so much until I found myself on a massage table berating my...

My fertility journey started very normal. I met a guy, fell in love, got married, and decided to start a family.

That is where normal ends. Here’s where it went a little pear shaped………

I tried my darndest to fall pregnant naturally for 2 years. I tried everything, I searched high and low for that ...

Let’s face it, life is stressful enough at the moment without adding infertility stress to the mix.

After a while, infertility starts to infiltrate every corner of your life. Not just your day, which can be filled with doctors’ appointments, researching magic cures and taking supplements. It also t...

There were so many lessons I learned on my 7-year path to motherhood.  And if you’ve read my book, The Injustice of Infertility, I share all of them with you.

They were all pivotal learnings, so it’s hard to pick just three of them.   But I have, and I want to share them with you (along with an exc...

Christmas used to be my favourite time of the year.  You’d walk through shopping centres and Christmas carols are being piped over the loud speaker.  Santa clause is posing with small children who are either idolizing him, or terrified of him.  The decorations are dripping from the ceiling.  There a...

I’m not sure exactly when it was that I opened my eyes and finally saw where I was.  Consumed. Living the same day over and over again.  Floating and directionless.  Satisfied, but not excited for life.  Getting up when the alarm went off, but not a minute before. Going through the motions.

Gradual...