November has become a weirdly emotional month for me over the last six years. It’s always been special because my Dad’s birthday is in November but for six years this month has also been tinged with sadness and wondering what might have been. In a different world I’d be running around like a headless chicken…Continue reading Saying Goodbye – a book review
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Moondance – a book review
I used to get a little annoyed when people presumed I had IVF to conceive Monkey. Yes I was over 40, but actually I fell for him within three months of trying. I suppose I took that fact for granted, until we were trying for our second child. The month after month of disappointment, tears when…Continue reading Moondance – a book review
Miscarriage 4 years on
The sun is streaming through the windows, just as it was then. But then I was lying on a hospital bed and it felt the world had ended. It hadn’t, it had just changed, changed forever, for me and the dreams I had. Miscarriage 4 years on – I can talk and write about it…Continue reading Miscarriage 4 years on
Miscarriage Care Campaign #miscarriagecare
I suffered a miscarriage in April 2011, it broke my heart as it firmly put a line under Monkey having a brother or sister. It was traumatic, it went on for a couple of weeks to ‘finally’ lose the baby. I think about my Poppy all the time. In my mind, any miscarriage is a…Continue reading Miscarriage Care Campaign #miscarriagecare
The Gift of Life – a book review
disclosure: we were sent this book for the purpose of review, our comments remain our own honest opinions I was contacted by Keily J Adey at the end of December last year. She asked me if I’d like to read and review her book – The Gift of Life. It’s a very personal account of…Continue reading The Gift of Life – a book review
Not an anniversary to remember with fondness
Saturday 16th April 2011 – I’d been looking forward to that date for ages. I should have been going for a girlie weekend away – driving up to my best friend’s house to stay over with another of my friends. I’d not had a night away from Monkey for a long time, let alone a…Continue reading Not an anniversary to remember with fondness