How do you know when something isn't serving you any more?

This is what I had been asking myself for a couple of weeks before realising that I really needed to change something about the way I was using social media.

Social media is so entwined these days. If you google...

So our little eggs and spermy were put together overnight after egg collection. Waiting for the phone call to let us know how many had fertilized was pretty nerve racking.

Luckily I didn’t have to wait too long as they called early in the morning and let us know that 4...

So the first injection I talked about in my last blog post was on a Wednesday night. I had to continue these until the following Wednesday which was when I was booked in for my first internal scan and blood test. From the Sunday I was also injecting in the mornings as...

The phone call at the end of March 2017 was so exciting. Fertility Associates asked if we would like to start our IVF cycle a month early – in April! Instantly it was a yes from me. I was at work at the time so after talking to the nurse about the details – calling the...

When it was first discovered that I carry the BRCA1 gene mutation, and we had meetings with specialists in genetic cancer familial, there was mention of a procedure through IVF (invitro fertilisation) where an embryo can be tested for the gene mutation before it is imp...

9 weeks later I’m finally getting around to writing about what has been the biggest moment of my life. And my husband’s life!

The birth of our son Toby has been what I can only describe as life changing in the most overwhelming and beautiful way possible. Nothing, and I...

As soon as I found out I was growing a small human, I started thinking twice about not only what I was putting in my body for fuel but also what I was putting ON my body.

Throughout the last 3 years of my change in lifestyle I had made small changes around my health and...

Our relationship with our bodies can be an interesting and complex arrangement. While some people never struggle with what they think when they look in the mirror, some people will constantly be in a state of worry about what they look like.

Where does this all start? I...

So, those two little blue lines appeared. I’m sure my heart stopped for a minute, and that I needed to blink as I wasn’t even sure I was seeing correctly.

FINALLY!

After all the months of just one line, seeing two was like having all my birthday’s and Christmases come at...

After a fairly relaxing week last week, you could say this week was the total opposite.

Monday started off with us leaving The Mount and heading to Brendan's parents place as we had a few things there that needed to be packed up. We also went to our old house to get our...