What’s in a name? Thank you Hillary Clinton.

Like Hillary Clinton, I graduated from Swansea University in 2017, but that's not all we have in common. We both have Welsh ancestry and we share a name, though mine is spelt properly (obviously). When it was announced that Hillary Clinton would be receiving an honorary degree from Swansea and delivering a speech, I applied…

Conversations with others that shouldn’t have happened #Periodically 5

In my last blog, I talked about conversations with my doctors that I'm not convinced were fair. Today, I want to talk about conversations I've had with my nearest and dearest. They are an incredibly supportive bunch, but a few things that have been said to me over the last year really demonstrate how entrenched…

Subtle signs that my repro health ain’t healthy #Periodically 3

Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, specifically the app Clue, I have every cycle that I've had in the last three and a half years tracked with excessive detail. But hang on, the maths doesn't quite add up... three years is 42 months... and I've only had 18 cycles... right well there's warning sign…