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Mosaic Embryos for the Win!

Photo by Anna Shvets on Pexels.com Admittingly, it’s been a while since I’ve written here. My life has been filled with family, work, chaos, peace, … Mosaic Embryos for the Win! A great insight into the viability of so-called ‘Mosaic’ embryos. A nice, plain english blog post from…

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New Parents get FREE £500

As usual, I’ve been trawling the internet in the free time between snuggles, feeds and nappy changes, for anything useful to myself, my partner and now little one. From being on the council list (fingers crossed), to receiving Universal Credit due to the appalling amount of ‘pay’ for…

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Grants for Parents who Study

Parents Learning Allowance and the Childcare Grant are two wonderful pots of money for those, like myself since the birth of A, who are both parents and trying to study for a degree at a Welsh university (Open University counts, it’s base in Cardiff I believe, because it’s…

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After 3 months of spotting and bleeding postpartum, I’m fed up with this. 😤 I had some internal and external scans and blood tests - no problems shown and no infection. ✅ So the only thing to try before even more invasive investigation is coming off of the PoP pill, Desogestrel and using other forms of birth control meanwhile to see if the bleeding stops. 😐 I know they can cause this, but I never had a problem pre-pregnancy and I was on them for years. It was so convenient too! 😩 I take daily tablets for my heart, so taking an extra one is fine and I never (maybe once a year, if that?!) forget to take those every morning. 💊 So, having to rely heavily on only barrier birth control now is scary. I do want more kids - but not now! I want my 3 month old to cherish and watch grow before we embark on baby number 2. I’m conflicted. On the one hand, if it is the pill at least it isn’t anything more serious. 🏥 But if it is the pill, does this mean I can never use any progesterone only contraception again? This cuts out most daily pills, the injection, the patch and more. I’ll have so few options left. #desogestrel #minipill #cerazzette #progesterone #bleed #bleeding #postpartum #postpartumbleeding #contraception PCOS 💁🏼‍♀️ Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Symptoms include irregular periods, facial hair and difficulty getting pregnant. 👶🏼 Due to what the doctors believe is my pill (Desogestrel) I continue to bleed 12 weeks+ postpartum. During investigations they found no answer to the bleeding except that, but also discovered little cysts on both my ovaries.🥚🥚 I haven’t had a proper set of periods in a long time, mostly due to pregnancy but also the mini-pill stopping my periods altogether. I have no excess hair growth I can think of l, and I got pregnant and have birth without the need for reproductive science to step in this time. So, do I have PCOS? 🤔 You’d think cysts on the ovaries was a pretty big prerequisite for PCOS diagnosis, but apparently they need more than that. I struggle to lose weight, is that part of it? 🤷🏼‍♀️ We are currently moving house and I don’t have time to visit the doctors at the moment for blood tests.🩸Has anyone else been diagnosed solely on the cysts? Will I struggle to conceive again and my baby was simply a fluke? Will I be able to lose weight? And what treatments are there? If any? I have so many questions. 😅 #pcos #polycysticovariansyndrome #polycysticovarysyndrome #pcosawareness #diagnosis #ovariancyst #ovariancysts #ovarycyst #fertility #infertility #ovulation ✨3 months on the 8th✨ I’m a few days late but my little girl is 3 months old. The fourth trimester has officially ended! 😯 Yes, that’s a Kawasaki dummy - my partner bought them as he is a biker 🏍 she was so sleepy I took the photos as she dozed off. Bless her! ♥️ Feeling so grateful and looking forward to a wonderful life with her in our new home 🏡 #fourthtrimester #3months #3monthold #3monthsold #threemonthsold #baby #babygirl #kawasaki #kawasakibaby #biker #bikerbaby Thank goodness it’s negative 😓 I never thought I’d say that! 😮‍💨 As someone who wants more children it feels strange to even want to not be pregnant, but right now it wouldn’t be right on my first baby, on the second, and honestly I’m so stressed right now. We are moving house! 🏠 baby is only 2.5 months old 👶🏼 still not sleeping through the night 🌌 I’m not getting enough exercise (except packing and moving) and eating crap! 🍔 I tested only because I’m still bleeding 12 weeks postpartum and when I booked an appointment on the phone, the lady asked “have you taken a pregnancy test?” 🤭 No! Why would I when I’m bleeding? But it got me worried enough to go get my own test just to be sure… it could have been a miscarriage of early pregnancy I suppose, that’s all I can think of. What a wild ride these last few weeks have been 🤦🏼‍♀️ no wonder I’m back on anxiety medication. #negativepregnancytest #negativetest #movinghouse #stress #stressed #anxiety #sertraline #baby #babygirl #crazylife #busy I don’t want to lie 🤷🏼‍♀️ this is documenting my life so here goes. I’m still bleeding 10 weeks postpartum, which I now have an appointment for the doctor for. Possibly a fibroid still making trouble, so we will see. Self-advocate ladies if anything feels off or it goes on super long! I’m also so stressed about university funding as it’s not yet approved and I start on 2 Oct (wtf!), a heart checkup coming up in Liverpool, a wedding to attend this Saturday (I get to dress up!) and so much more going on. Life won’t slow down! Stressed but happy. 😅 #stress #newborn #10weekspostpartum #postpartumbleeding #lochia #postpartumbleed #postpartum #baby #newbornbaby 2 weeks postpartum vs. 2 months 🤔 - no dieting or purposeful exercise (except walking)!! 😬 My body shape is changing from rounded to loose, squishy, soft and mum-like. My stretch marks are flames all over and I feel pretty ok about my body! I survived a lot and went on to have a healthy baby girl with this body. Isn’t that amazing? 🤷🏼‍♀️ My size UK 14-16 self is wanting to tone and be healthy but this body is ok. It did things. I should be kind to it. #2weekspostpartum #2monthspostpartum #bodypositivity #bodypositive #stretchmarks #baby #pregnancy #pregnant #postpartum #comparison #versus #postpartumbody #postpartumweightloss #postpartumbelly