Italy is such a beautiful country and I’ve never been disappointed after a visit. We travelled to Milan a few weeks ago to start our Italian adventure…… Read more “Italy Road Trip”

Phil and I have always loved a holiday. Before Austin arrived we would go away 3-4 times a year enjoying city breaks and winter sun, we loved them…… Read more “Adventures in babysitting.”

Not in the case of my birthing partners, I was very happy to have both my husband and my mum in the delivery room when I had…… Read more “Two is company, three’s a crowd?”

July 6th 2015. The day we had our embryo transfer or as I always say “put home”. After confirmation from the Embryologist we were told we would…… Read more “2 Lines.”

My mum shares my birth story from 1981. Birth and babies remain the same no matter what generation we are from, but how we cope and deal…… Read more “Perms, Shoulder Pads and Pethidine.”

I know the newborn phase is hard. Sleep deprivation, feeding frenzies, constantly covered in vomit and poo. It really is tough. But I am actually finding the…… Read more “Dear Austin.”

Egg Collection. It’s almost exactly two years ago that I went into theatre on a very, very hot July day. It’s a big part of the IVF process…… Read more “Its ok to put all your eggs in one basket.”

Due to the General Election this week my social media feed has been saturated with political and sometimes rather antagonistic posts about personal voting preferences. It really…… Read more “Girl Gang.”

Back in April we had a miscarriage. We were both devastated and after thinking how lucky we were to have conceived naturally we sadly lost our baby…… Read more “Turn the Page.”

I had no idea I had PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) and I didn’t have my diagnosis until I was 32 and trying for a baby. I had…… Read more “PCOS.”