There was no real consideration that after 41 years I did indeed know my body and when something was going very wrong. The night I got engaged was the night I started to miscarry. I was 41 and 8 weeks pregnant with our first baby. There are many things I’ve still got...
Ollie is involved in every aspect of my life, he’s my child that I still carry with me, always in my heart. I have told this story many times, but somehow, I never get tired of telling it. Because as a bereaved parent, these stories are sometimes all we have to tell....
"We were told we’d miscarried and to try again." In April 2021 I excitedly told my husband I was pregnant. At six weeks I started bleeding, and two days later we were told we’d miscarried and to try again. I was pregnant in September 2021 and thought everything was...
“Six IUIs, three-and-a-half rounds of IVF, two miscarriages, over £55,000 spent, one frozen embryo and a frozen vial of sperm, and countless needles later, I’m still trying.” Four years. That’s how long I’ve been on this journey. Four years of hoping, trying,...
5 Benefits of Seeking Emotional Support After a Miscarriage Experiencing a miscarriage is a devastating and emotionally challenging event for anyone who goes through it. Coping with the loss of a pregnancy can be overwhelming, and it's essential to recognize that...
Ugly Feelings – The unwanted feelings following miscarriage and baby loss and how to manage them. What are the uglies?? Put simply, the ugly feelings are the unwanted and painful emotions that you don’t ‘expect’ following the loss of your baby. Ugly feelings can make...
IVF, Baby Loss and Patau Syndrome Growing up in Ireland I remember my first sexual health class at the young age of 11. The boys were asked to leave and the teacher went on to explain. A. Aunt flow arrives B. You Bleed C. You Conceive Infertility was never mentioned,...
Sam writes about her own experiences of trying to conceive again after baby loss. Miscarriage. Pregnancy loss. Those words don’t quite capture the true nature of what I’ve been through. What I’m going through. Those words make it sound like it’s a one off event. A one...
As it has now been over a year since I’ve last been pregnant, and having been in this storm for three years, I’ve been thinking more and more that I might be done. But then I get to that point towards the end of my TWW where I test early, get disheartened by a...