Hi, my name is Sarina and this is our fertility journey. The story of our 2 losses, our Baby Dinosaur and our Baby Butterfly. My Angels above, my brightest stars in the sky. The ones that changed my world, the ones who made me a Mum. I met my husband in 2015, and we have Continue Reading
Sharon Luca-Chatha will boast to anyone who asks that she is a proud mum of two. But there’s an unmistakable heartbreak behind her smile. Her first son Luca, whom she refers to as her ‘angel baby’, was stillborn at almost full term. In a life plagued by trauma, including domestic violence in a previous arranged Continue Reading
A termination and six miscarriages in five years; Leila Martyn calls for change London, England, October 03 2022 – A government petition has launched highlighting the imperative that Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and Endometriosis information is included as part of the national curriculum for children in secondary school when learning about reproductive organs. Despite The Women’s Continue Reading
There’s a picture in an app on my phone of a tiny embryo. Apparently, my baby is the size of a peach. Their tiny heart is beating fast. Except it isn’t. I’ve just been told this baby hasn’t survived. They died five weeks ago, quietly and secretly, my body continuing to feel pregnant and sick Continue Reading
Today marks the launch of a first of its kind future gazing report, ‘The Future of Perimenopause’; reclaiming a pivotal life stage for the next generation’ created by four leading women’s health experts and advocates in collaboration with Wild Nutrition and The Future Laboratory. Research for the report shows that a quarter of women are potentially perimenopausal Continue Reading
Natalie Lee A modern manifesto and memoir on sex and shamefrom one of the original wave of ‘insta-mums’ with a following of more than 100k on Instagram “A life-changing read; I was hooked from the very first sentence. It blows wide open the way girls and women are taught about sex and how we view it. Continue Reading
Provisions for at home early medical abortions to be made permanent from 30 August. National safeguarding guidance to be published by Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health for under-18s accessing early medical abortions. Additional data on use of remote abortions to be gathered to better understand use of remote abortion services. Women in England Continue Reading
The project started in June 2020 whilst working on a campaign to remove period poverty with Freedom4Girls. But after George Floyd’s murder and the spark into the Black Lives Matter movement, as a team working for an organisation representing African and Caribbean women*, Tora and the team wanted to act, so the Black Women’s Menstrual Continue Reading
From 1 July 2022, the law changed to allow all patients to store their eggs, sperm and embryos for their own treatment for up to 55 years, providing they reconsent every 10 years. The HFEA is supportive of the changes but they do have significant implications for clinics as well as for some patients. Patients Continue Reading
Oral statement by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Steve Barclay, updating the House on the First Women’s Health Strategy For England to Tackle Gender Health Gap “Mr Speaker, with permission, I’d like to make a statement about the Women’s Health Strategy for England. I know that many Honourable and Right Honourable Continue Reading
