Aches, pains and complaints This is where the aches and pains have ramped up. I had a short-lived sciatic nerve related pain, luckily only for a few days. Right in the centre of my buttock and shot down my leg. Which was mostly problematic when walking. When your exercise options are already limited, this is […]
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The Second Trimester
The Second Trimester. Finally, I have a bump to show for all the worry and yet still feel fit and able to enjoy normal daily activities. My prenatal exercise classes have given me access to an amazing network of other mums as well as experts in holistic therapy, healthy living advice, local small businesses […]
IVF Pregnancy First Trimester
The two week wait. Following the embryo transfer procedure is the two week wait, which seemed like a lifetime! You’ve no idea what’s going on after all those weeks of daily injections, scans and blood tests. The best way to get through this anxious and exciting period it is to stay busy. Fill your dairy, […]
IUI verses IVF/ICSI
After four failed rounds of IUI – intrauterine insemination, (two of those pre fibroid removal and one post, plus somewhere in the mix one round was abandoned due to me being sick with a tummy bug) my fertility consultant decided to recommend IVF/ICSI – Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection. ICSI is a process where the best quality […]
The fertility treatment journey of a single mum.
Phrases like “emotionally tough”, and “a torturous wait”, aren’t how I wanted to start my first fertility journey blog. I’m genuinely astonished at how much negativity like that comes up at the forefront of any internet search when an unsuspecting single man or woman starts to research routes to parenthood. Sadly, they are the all […]
