#notpregnantjustfat

Infertility is a medical issue not a political one, right? Well actually yes and no. Technically it is down to biology, so it is a medical issue, but how that medical treatment is funded and how it is recognised by wider society is much more political. Political correctness has never been a hotter topic, unfortunately in the world we still have issues with racism, homophobia, sexism and much more. Moreover, we now have world leaders who are actually turning the clock back on progress that has been made over decades and generations. With such powerful forces at work, we need to rally and speak up when we see injustice in the world. The problem is rallys don't happen every day and we can't always be there when they do. Personally I believe the best way to chip away at these issues is to hold our heads high and confront injustices one by one as we come across them. I know that won't revolutionise the world overnight, but it will help people to address their attitudes for the...

I am currently in the limbo stage of the month - the 2WW (two week wait for those of you who are unfamiliar) has passed and following multiple BFNs (big fat negative) I am now patiently awaiting my period and all of the pain and disappointment that goes along with that. I have been on this journey for close to 2 1/2 years now and I look back and can't believe how naive I was at the start. I used to actually patiently wait for my period to come each month until I learned that you can buy tests that allow you to check results up to six days before your period is due. Six days might not sound like a long time, it's not even a full week, a six day holiday would go by in the blink of an eye. Not when you're TTC (trying to conceive).  Time passes at a snails rate whilst waiting to test for pregnancy; you try to put it to the back of your mind but it consumes you until the day finally comes and you wake up like a child on Christmas morning, rush to the bathroom knowing that ...

Hi Everyone and welcome to the latest edition of my blog! I feel like scolding people for things that I have seen on social media recently i.e. fake pregnancy announcements, however, as many of us are agreed, this is an opportunity for a teaching moment rather than a witch hunt. Thankfully fake pregnancy announcements are becoming more few and far between as people get more educated on the wider world and things that don't necessarily impact them directly and also as the way we use social media changes. I can still remember a time before  social media *shock horror* when my friends and I would speak to each other on the phone, or make solid arrangements about where to meet; a time when no one cared what we had for dinner, and the almighty avocado was yet to be discovered. Back then poor taste humour was confined to your own social (actual social  i.e. people in real life, in front of you) circle and I don't doubt that if I took the time to scroll/cringe my way throug...