I'm a mental health blogger from the UK in my late twenties and a sufferer of bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, agoraphobia and self harming. I have also lost a child who was stillborn in 2007 and have some fertility issues (PCOS).
I started my blog in December 2009 and have been through quite a lot in that time including hospitalisation and psychotic symptoms.
I write as often as...
I am a 36-year old woman who's tried for five years to get pregnant using both traditional and medical/artificial means. My husband and I have been married for almost 12 years, and are also in the process of trying to adopt a little boy from Vietnam (but it's not going well). Despite being able to belt out a whooping 22 eggs during a retrieval and husband's super sperm count, and after taking...
I am a wife, mother and labor & delivery nurse. Life is pretty busy and trying to find a balance between all of these is the joy of my life. This past summer, I reached a goal of mine by running 5K races. I found myself unexpectedly pregnant this summer. Unfortunately, that pregnancy ended in my first miscarriage at 11 weeks. I had a D&C August 27, 2009. My blog...
Hi there - my name is Kristin Wall and I'm a survivor of Cushing's syndrome.
I developed Cushing's syndrome during my last trimester of pregnancy. Before getting pregnant, I was an active, healthy, fit person. I spent all lot of my free time outdoors with and I was addicted to endurance sports, like biking and triathlons. I treated my body well and it had always treated me well in...
As celebrity-driven cultural images of pregnancy are dictating how women should look and feel during pregnancy, The Baby Bump Project, founded by Dr. Meredith Nash seeks to reveal how everyday women struggle with the pressures be pregnant and perfect. Far removed from the glossy image of the baby bump as a fashionable appendage, this blog sheds light on the glaring gap between the fantasy world...
Sharon LaMothe has been in the Infertility Industry since 1998 when she signed her first Gestational Surrogacy contract. She subsequently gave birth to twin girls and in 2000 was invited to join a FL law firm recruiting and managing surrogacy arrangements. After leaving the legal arena in 2003, Sharon then co-owned and operated Surrogacy Consultants of Florida, LLC, the first...
I'm boring really.
Likes: animals, my family, my friends, my kids, plotting evils.
Dislikes: my crazy neighbors, my crazy family, dumb people.
I blog because I wanted to be a writer. My parents looked at me disappointed when I told them, so I dropped that & went to college & got a psychology degree. Something I need while dealing with, well, everything.
I try...
