Advent Day 21

A male perspective on a fertility journey, and what it’s like to have a wife/partner with chronic health conditions.

Preparing for your first appointment with your consultant.

It’s been a while since I posted properly and I wanted to tell you about what happened on surgery day and how I’m doing over a month...

This week is Mental Health Awareness week 2024. I created a post with a grounding activity to help change the focus from whatever is...

#adenomyosis #adenomyosisawarenessmonth #April #adenoawareness #pain #chronicillness #chronicpain #illness #endometriosis #endo #women #s...

Definition c/o Smart Endometriosis @smart.endo I see you. Person staring at my belly and wondering if I'm pregnant (I am not)....

Yes, I managed to get through this month's period! I hope you're all having a good week so far. Today is cycle day 7 for me and to be...

Since my mock IVF cycle a few months ago, my periods have been all over the place and more painful than usual. I thought I should write...

"Oligo-what?" I hear you say. Lets rewind a few months to October last year to be precise. We had finished our mock cycle and I was...

I have a checklist of items that I take to the hospital with me: Comfortable loose clothing and shoes for when you leave the hospital....

This is my experience of treatment in a private hospital but I’m sure it’s very similar in an NHS hospital: You will meet the nurses who...

I agree, they sound confusing! Following my first consultant appointment, I had to do some more research as I had never heard of these...

In 2014, after visiting my doctor’s surgery to raise concerns about my increasing period pain, I was referred to a gynaecologist to have...

I was diagnosed with Endometriosis in 2014. I thought having a heavy, painful period was just normal. As it turns out, everything I was...