Something that surprised me when I had my miscarriage was the information that one pregnancy in three ends in miscarriage. I think that means statistically, for every three women I know that has a child, one of them will have had a miscarriage. I realise that many losses are very early, often before a woman […]
“Every woman I know who has eaten sweet potatoes every day on my recommendation has either had a baby or is pregnant at the time of writing, having conceived within four months of being on the sweet potato-rich diet!” So says Sarah Dobbyn on page 121 of The Fertility Diet (see my review). She also says
Its been less than six months, but I don’t remember finding out I was pregnant with Pipkin. My Fertility Friend App shows I had a positive pregnancy test at only 12 DPO, which is quite early for testing. I prefer to wait until my period is *late* late, in order to avoid the excitement/disappointment that
Normally I avoid the Daily Mail with its fixation on scandal, celebrity “baby bumps” (Is she?/Isnt she?) and doom and gloom for 40+ fertility. It just bums me out. I’m sure there didn’t used to be such a
Along with the courgettes in the veg box this week came a recipe for Courgette Tagliatelle with Almond Pesto and Rocket. Obviously I didn’t have the ingredients to follow the recipe. So I made this instead. SUPER-tasty! Mr Duncan loved it. If you’ve never made pesto before it is really easy to learn. At its
When we found out we were pregnant, I was working from home, which minimised stress and enabled me to take catnaps at lunchtime (I was mega tired). The trade-off was a two night trip to attend meetings in Paris every few weeks. Having never been pregnant before I was a bit nervous about it all.
We’d been working on getting pregnant for about 18 months… the first year mostly casually, the final six months with increasing concern. The usual run of tests showed no issues with either myself or Mr Duncan andit was implied it must be a problem due to my age. I was 40 by the time we
As a new convert to eating meat, I recently discovered duck breast and have stocked up on a few breasts in the freezer for while our butcher is away on summer holidays. If you cook it right it is low fat, tasty and SO easy to make. In my recipes, one duck breast is always
The Fertility Diet How to Maximize Your Chances of Having a Baby at Any Age, Sarah Dobbyn, Simon & Schuster UK, 2012 I have to admit, what attracted me to this book is its subtitle. Age is not necessarily on my side in my attempts to conceive and carry a baby to term and I
I love this article from the Daily Mail about a woman who had four children naturally in her 40s after 20 unsuccessful years of TTC. While I am well aware of all the depressing statistics regarding age and fertility, I remind myself that I’ve achieved two pregnancies in the past year and a positive state