The hardest part isn't waiting. It's deciding what to do next.
After every setback comes another decision.
Do we try again straight away?
Do we wait?
Do we investigate?
Do we save our money?
Do we spend it privately?
Do we move to IVF?
Do we keep hoping?
Most people think fertility is about patience.
I don't think it is.
I think it's about decision fatigue.
When you've experienced miscarriage or months of trying, every choice suddenly feels enormous.
Becau...
The supplement cupboard that made me stop and think
A client recently laughed as she opened her kitchen cupboard.
"I don't even want to tell you how much money is in here."
Inside were bottles of supplements she'd collected over the last two years.
Some she'd seen on Instagram.
Some had been recommended by friends.
Others she'd bought because she thought,
"It can't hurt."
When you're trying to conceive, especially after loss, it's completely und...
The biggest mistake I see after "everything came back normal"
This week I was looking through a client's blood results.
Every box had a reassuring tick beside it.
Normal.
Normal.
Normal.
If you looked at those results on their own, you'd think there wasn't much else to discuss.
But she'd had three miscarriages.
That's the problem with the word normal.
It tells you where each result sits compared with a reference range.
It doesn't always tell you whether i...
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