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...

My Interview with Natalie Silverman

I had the pleasure of meeting and talking to Natalie Silverman recently. It was such an honour to be invited by Natalie to take part in her podcast The Fertility Podcast.  So click here to listen in…

#IAMME

We have a campaign running, started by blogger Cherry Williams to create pictures of ourselves with the words #IamMe as the hashtag. The plan is to show how many childless women there are, how diverse we are and how we refuse to be defined JUST by our childlessness....

The Family Album

I have been spending some time recently reconnecting with my parents, learning more about their past and reflecting on their childhood memories. It’s been fun to hear their stories imagining them as children or young adults and discovering a bit more about their...

World Childless Week

I am very excited to be a champion for World Childless Week, 10th to 16th Sep 2018. Why not sign up for the latest news on World Childless Week