Our Journey of Conception

It's been a long time since I have blogged, a very long time. During the many months, I spent a stage honestly healing through the struggles I encountered over 2017. These struggles varied from cancer killing a friend, to a miscarriage, to physical health problems, which initially destroyed the good mental health I had. But, I did heal in a way I never thought was possible; I had a spiritually awakening.

I am not a religious person, I don't follow any faith or Gods etc., however, I follow a spirituality of my own, all based around mindfulness. Now, relating this to the topic of conception, practicing mindfulness has given me clarity in coping with our fertility struggles. It has been over a year since we started to try and start a family of our own.

We have taken action to overcome these struggles and do whatever possible to get successfully pregnant and carry a healthy baby. From recent doctors visits, I have had hormone fertility testing done which came back with positive results - at the moment, my levels for everything is spot on and where it should be. The next step for me is checking my womanly bits are doing what they should. Ben has had his basic blood tests taken and things are in the clear for him too. His next step is getting his sperm counted, checking that his swimmers are... well, swimming.

Every cycle, we are doing what we should be doing (you get the general idea), even though it can be disheartening whenever "Aunt Flo" arrives, nevertheless, my doctor reminds me to keep practicing mindfulness to quickly overcome a negative result. My wonderful husband and I are getting better at moving forward and thinking positive-minded about the following cycle, doing our research of other things we want to look at trying.

If anyone else has/is going through a fertility struggle, I would love to hear your stories so don't be afraid to message me on Instagram or via my blog xx