by findingmyplanb | Oct 20, 2015 | Blog
A very special friend who is instrumental in helping me through my grief sent me a message regarding one of my recent blogs… ‘Hiding my pain in their joy’ regarding a friend who has recently announced that she is pregnant. My friend wrote… In...
by findingmyplanb | Oct 19, 2015 | Blog
After receiving the exciting news that I will be photographing Terry McMillan early next year as Women Talk’s official event photographer I was also honoured to be told that Women Talk are going to back my book and would like to get the book published to be...
by findingmyplanb | Oct 15, 2015 | Blog
A friend of mine who has been on her own journey to becoming a mother told me recently that she is pregnant and I was unable to identify with how I felt. I found it difficult to move past the words “I am pregnant”. I have been on this journey with her...
by findingmyplanb | Oct 12, 2015 | Blog
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...
by findingmyplanb | Oct 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
This weekend, Friday 9th and Saturday 10th October is a very important one in women’s history – the world’s very first conference for childless and childfree women, The NotMom Summit is taking place in Cleveland, USA. Organised by Karen Malone...
by findingmyplanb | Oct 3, 2015 | Blog
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...
by findingmyplanb | Oct 1, 2015 | Blog
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...
by findingmyplanb | Sep 29, 2015 | Blog
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...
by findingmyplanb | Sep 28, 2015 | Blog
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...
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