Otherhood

Monica Clark and I held a Zoom call titled ‘Race and Reproduction’. It was a prelude to Monica’s participation at the Race and Reproduction – breaking taboos event at the National Theatre in London on the 14th Nov 2018 where we invited black...

Stories

Last week I saw the play Stories at the National Theatre with Monica Douglas-Clark. The bio for the play reads… ‘How do you have a baby when you’re 39 and single? Anna is ready for children. The only problem: she’s recently been dumped. Determined to start...

When I met Civilla Morgan

I came across Civilla Morgan when she was interviewed during World Childless Week. After hearing her talk I knew that we needed to connect. So I emailed her and this evening we got to talk and talked and talked!!! So to cut a long story short I will soon be doing a...

Motherhood Missed

Last year I meet Lois Tonkin who was interviewing women for her book Motherhood Missed. One afternoon I went into London after work and sat with Lois and we talked for a couple of hours discussing my journey and the grief of childlessness. Around a year later I...

Gabrielle Union’s Infertility Heartbreak…

I read a post titled ‘Gabrielle Union’s Infertility Heartbreak: “I Have Adenomyosis” ‘ which, I have to say, brought a tear to my eyes. At 43 I was broken after hearing the news that I had unexplained infertility which lead me to the...