Acceptance: the fertility WD40

When you see someone pregnant what feeling wells up in you?   For me it was resentment.  Then overwhelming sadness. Whether it is resentment, anger, jealousy it could be peace, or even happiness for them.   How?  Acceptance is not…  …resigning to believe...

Stop infertility feeling like a never ending journey

I want you to read the following with feeling.  Don’t read for intellectual understanding  – listen to your feelings as you read. How is it the ‘rollercoaster’ of infertility can feel like a never-ending journey? Although you may be at one stage of your journey,...

Project Baby or Project You?

I found it a bit unfair that we had to take on Project Baby when everyone else just got pregnant without thinking too much about it, don’t you? I resented people that got pregnant whilst we were struggling. Especially those having number two and three. They just...

Stop chasing happiness in 2013…let it find you

So did you make any? Feeling guilty about not sticking to them? Feeling proud of yourself for having done? I am not a fan of New Years Resolutions. They are often goals which can too easily be broken after one moment of being human. Once it has been ‘broken’ it is...

The fertility journey is tough isn’t it?

I am an experienced speaker and have shared our personal journey many times.  What happened surprised me. I got choked. I was speaking at a conference in London for therapists this weekend, sharing the realities of what life can be like when struggling with fertility...