Woah so much has happened in a week! To our delight fertility expert and author, Emma Cannon, donated a copy of her book ‘Total Fertility‘ as one of the category prizes! ‘Which category?’ I hear you ask. Wait for Betty’s…
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Emma Cannon donates a prize to #IFpumpkinsmackdown – yay!
Tagged with: acupuncture, baby making bible, Barren Betty, category prizes, emma cannon, fertility expert, fertility recipes, IFpumpkinsmackdown, infertility, pumpkin, pumpkin competition, total fertility, trying to conceive
Posted in Acupuncture + Chinese Medicine, Creative Outlet, Fertility + Exercise, Infertility
Posted in Acupuncture + Chinese Medicine, Creative Outlet, Fertility + Exercise, Infertility
The NHS forgot me AGAIN – assisted fertility & hospital appointments
The title of this post says it all. I waited for six weeks (as I was told to), watched the postbox with the patience of a saint and yet the appointment to kick start this assisted fertility journey never arrived.…
Scribbles of a not-so-fertile
Part 1: Bermuda.
Tagged with: apple maps, bermuda triangle, fertility, infertility, sperm, trying to conceive
Posted in Creative Outlet
Posted in Creative Outlet
One of those cycles – y’know the type you just want to be over already
Well, last week was pants. I don’t have a more eloquent word to describe it. This is one of those cycles where I’m like ‘FFS! You aren’t playing nicely so end already.’ I was ill with cystitis again. My worst…
Tagged with: acupuncture, anovulatary cycle, aunt flow, bio resonance, chinese tea, cystitis, fertility, health, homeopathy, infertility, medicine, mental-health, NATE therapy, trying to conceive
Posted in Emotions + Coping, Infertility, PCOS
Posted in Emotions + Coping, Infertility, PCOS
Healing in Istanbul.
My mind has been in a state of chaos. In August I distracted myself by doing things that make me happy. Things such as eating a crazy amount of cake, staying up late, drinking tea, being a social butterfly and…
Tagged with: change, dreams, faith, infertility, Istanbul, marriage, mid life crisis, religion, Rumi, travel, trying to conceive, ttc
Posted in Emotions + Coping, Religion + Spiritual
Posted in Emotions + Coping, Religion + Spiritual
Aviva Method: One .. two.. three.. strike.
Clenching. Bending. Stretching. Grooving to the odd Aviva playlist lightens my mood. I still have 10 exercises to learn and I think I may need to Skype Sofia from Aviva London soon to ask her to remind me of a…
Tagged with: aviva, aviva method, exercise, fertility, health, infertility, infertility uk, PCOS, trying to conceive, ttc, wellbeing
Posted in Fertility + Exercise, PCOS
Posted in Fertility + Exercise, PCOS
Just one thing after another: men & infertility
This is an incredibly personal post but I have to write about it to free my mind. Plus facing this is all part of the journey and I wouldn’t be keeping true to myself if I didn’t write about it.…
Tagged with: cruel joke, erectile dysfunction, fertility, health, infertility, infertility uk, marital problems, marriage, mental-health, ovulation, patience, pressure, sex, stress, trying to conceive, ttc, viagra
Posted in Emotions + Coping, Sex
Posted in Emotions + Coping, Sex
Why can’t this be easier? #infertility
“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.” I’m at the acupuncturist, staring at the ceiling and thinking ‘I wish this whole baby making thing was easier.’ This is a pic of the ceiling, the fact the…
Tagged with: acupuncture, cystitis, fertility, health, infertility, medicine, tcm, traditional chinese medicine, trying to conceive, ttc, UTI
Posted in Acupuncture + Chinese Medicine, Dr Trips + Medical
Posted in Acupuncture + Chinese Medicine, Dr Trips + Medical
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