Category Archives: Squishy

My Fertility Specialist Magazine and Our Fertility Story

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Papa, Eden & Me

I was asked to contribute an article for the free, online My Fertility Specialist magazine, and I’m delighted to let you know that you can now read my article as the latest issue is now available. If you don’t know … Continue reading →

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One Year On…

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Papa, Eden & Me

It’s been a year today since what was probably the worst day of mine and Amy’s lives so far.

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Getting That Big Fat Positive After Loss

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Papa, Eden & Me

(After our announcement, I wanted to share some posts that I wrote before we announced. So, the next few posts will be from my “drafts” folder)

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National Fertility Awareness Week 2014 – Our Story

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Papa, Eden & Me

This week is National Fertility Awareness Week. As someone who has dealt with infertility (as many have), I think it is so important that people think about and understand infertility a little bit. Understand how upsetting it can be. Stop … Continue reading →

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Bittersweet Delivery

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Papa, Eden & Me

I went to pick up mail from the sorting office today, as we had missed it when it had arrived. It was tis print that I ordered about two months ago. It’s a limited edition print by artist Amy Mebberson … Continue reading →

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Just As We Were About To Give Up…

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Papa, Eden & Me

Isn’t it always the way? On Friday I was just about ready to give up opk’ing for the month. I had a good root around in the house and managed to find a grand total of eight OPKs. I figured … Continue reading →

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The Next Chapter

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Papa, Eden & Me

Today is two whole weeks since Squishy left us. In some ways it feels like five minutes. In other ways it seems like an absolute life time. It’s been two weeks of to and fro and up and down. Two … Continue reading →

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RIP Sweet Squishy

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Papa, Eden & Me

Yesterday we got the news that no expectant couple wants to hear – still no heartbeat and no development. I went to the Early Pregnancy Unit at one of the central London hospitals as we had been in Central London … Continue reading →

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Seven Whole Weeks!

Posted on June 21, 2014 by Papa, Eden & Me

Today, Squishy is seven whole weeks old! Which means we are over half way through the first trimester and two weeks away from our scan. Here’s what’s happening, once again lovingly borrowed from http://www.babycentre.co.uk

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6+5 – Sweet Child of Mine

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Papa, Eden & Me

Six weeks and five days pregnant today. It seems like only five minutes ago we got our positive test, when in reality it was over two weeks ago! Today I found some Clearblue Digis and decided to pee on one … Continue reading →

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