Gifts of Grief

Jody Day shared this poem with our GW group which I thought I’d share with you as the words and sentiment touched my heart.  Whilst working through my grief I am learning to come to terms with my past decisions. I am slowly accepting the loss of not having my...

Why does society always have to fix us???

I saw on the news recently that a woman in Sweden  has become the first in the world to have a baby after having a womb transplant – and now  doctors have been granted approval to carry out the UK’s first womb transplants. When I first heard this, I wasn’t even...

How do you stop the war???

My day ended on a note of grief. I struggled to contain my emotions when managing the “pregnant princess” at work. We have hit a new level in this battle that is quickly becoming a war of wits, trying to see who will come out the victor. Why does it have...

A precious pregnant pause…

One of the things I find difficult in my grief about my childlessness (as an individual and a manager) is being around “precious pregnant women”. You know the type, the ones who think that they shouldn’t have to do anything because they are pregnant… but...

My beginning …

I remember sitting in the office of my fertility consultant after having a number of fertility tests and wondering why he was telling me that he could not find a reason for me not being able to conceive. Unexplained infertility, he said. Hearing it left me feeling so...