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My secondary infertility story…

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2 years since my last blog post… and we’ve had quite the journey! Giving Luna a sibling has been 100x harder than I ever imagined but here we are, we did it. And *spoiler alert* we gave her two!   As I sit here right now… Bella (my cat!) is curled up on my lap, Daisy is asleep in her bouncer (we forgive her for the 5am wake up because she’s cute), Mike, Bluebell and Luna still asleep, and I’ve never felt so content, complete, and happy. Every day, I still wake up and pinch myself. Is this really my life? Everything I’ve ever wanted, my complete, beautiful family. I never want to forget this moment, and everything we’ve been through to get here… which is why I wanted to write another blog post. Mainly for me and to document the tiny details I might forget, but maybe it might help someone out there not feel so alone if they’re going through infertility struggles. After all, it was the time in my life I had never felt so alone.  Rewind back to 2019… several months after I had given birth
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Eden's Story

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“There’s the heartbeat” said the sonographer, with a smile. I beamed at Mike (my husband) and he squeezed my hand... everything was ok. In that moment, I let myself breathe a sigh of relief… this little baby, was going to be the perfect addition to our family, with the 18-month age gap between our first baby and baby number two… just perfect. I was so indescribably happy; how did I get so lucky? I said to Mike “look, it’s another little Luna!” then asked the sonographer, “can you tell if my placenta is anterior or posterior?”. This mattered to me, as I knew I’d be able to feel kicks sooner with a posterior placenta (oh how insignificant that feels now!) … “it’s posterior” she said. The sonographer turned the machine off. Strange… I thought. Why didn’t she give me a due date? “I’m afraid it’s not good news today”. This is the exact moment I felt my world collapse from under me. What does she mean, it’s not “good news”? There’s a heartbeat, the baby is measuring exactly according to
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My birth story...

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I have told many people my birth story, but I have never written any of it down. Every second is etched into my memory, and although I don't think I will ever forget it, I want to write it down to make sure there's never any chance I can! Also, who doesn't love to read a birth story?! So i'll start by saying ... I was one of the lucky ones (although, I prefer to use the word blessed!). Luna's birth was a magical, natural, powerful (albeit quick and extremely painful!) experience that was everything I ever wished it to be and more.  It all started on the 29th of April 2018. I was 39 weeks and 4 days pregnant and I was CONVINCED I was going to go at least a week overdue. I was suffering with really bad SPD and every movement was agonising. I felt so blessed to be growing our daughter inside of me but to say I was ready for her to come out is an understatement!  I started to leak the tiniest bit of fluid that morning, but I didn't think much of it. A few
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