After a difficult week, with our toddler at the ‘pushing the boundaries’ stage, I thought I’d share these pearls of wisdom from him. On beauty regimes: ‘Mummy you haven’t done your make up this morning…you really should.’ On fashion: ‘I am not wearing that cardigan. It is so NOT COOL.’ On self-awareness: ‘If I’m naughty,… Continue reading Top 5 toddler tips of the week
After the debacle of the letters from the hospital, I was pleasantly surprised when I had a call last week to say there had been a cancellation and was I able to come in on Monday. I jumped at the chance. The appointment was at the fertility clinic that generally deals with problems in getting… Continue reading A differing point of view
After a few months of taking progesterone, we had a meal out planned with friends and it was around the time my period was due. Although I wasn’t yet late, knowing we had planned to have a few drinks, I decided to do a quick pregnancy test as a possible accidental pregnant piss-up is never… Continue reading Getting past the first trimester
It was great to see news of Tommy’s National Centre for Miscarriage Research on BBC Breakfast on Friday, giving it the exposure it rightly deserves. One of the many excellent points made was that discouragement of talking about pregnancy before the first scan perpetuates the problem of silence surrounding miscarriage. The modern practice of not… Continue reading The 12-week taboo
So after my third miscarriage a couple of months ago, I got a hospital referral to see a consultant gynaecologist. I was prepared for a bit of a wait and was told it could take about three months. First of all I received a letter, not to say I had an appointment but that I… Continue reading Beat the system? No need, it’s already beating itself up
After my second miscarriage, I was finally able to start taking the progesterone tablets I had been prescribed. I found it helpful to wait a couple of months before trying again to regain a bit of equilibrium and then went for it, feeling strangely vindicated by my second miscarriage – I wanted to shout, ‘SEE… Continue reading P is for progesterone
A few weeks ago I was able to meet up with a friend of mine who is originally from Germany, to help me decipher the letter my GP surgery received from the hospital after I had my first miscarriage in Frankfurt. We were revisiting it as now I am on my third miscarriage, the doc… Continue reading Learning from a three-year-old
Knowing I was pregnant for the second time, I tried to remain hopeful. I was worried though that another miscarriage was inevitable as I had yet to start taking progesterone tablets to sort out my short luteal phase. Sure enough, six weeks in and I started bleeding again. This time I felt something come away.… Continue reading The second loss
After my first miscarriage in Frankfurt, we waited a few months to start trying again. In the meantime, I started to push for more attention to be given to my short luteal phase, which I was convinced could be a cause of my fertility and miscarriage issues, with the low progesterone indicated by the luteal phase… Continue reading Finding a listening ear
So I had the results back from my blood tests checking for blood clotting issues and thyroid problems and they are all clear. Which is good, but no further along in finding a reason for my miscarriages. I now need to book in for a progesterone test and will be able to do that in… Continue reading A good news day
My Beautiful Diary of the Amazingly Mundane 