It’s 3rd June - exactly a month since my new book, 21 Miles, was published. The actual publication day – the 3rd May – was a bit of an anti-climax. There was no trumpet voluntary, let’s put it that way. But a few days later on 8th May, the book was officially launched...

After my last blog, one of my best friends rang me. ‘What’s wrong?’ She said as soon as I picked up the phone. 'I can tell something’s wrong from your blog.’ That’s what best friends are good at - knowing the subtext. And then she said something else. ‘You know, when...

It’s Sunday. Blog day. Another search for words. In just over a month my new book will be published - I promise you there are a lot of words in that. I know I should tell you something about it. Something that will justify the enormity of its birth. The enormity of...

I’ve decided that March must be the month for fertility events. Maybe because it’s supposed to be Spring. Things grow in Spring, but instead we’ve got snow. Already this month, I’ve been at the Southbank Centre's WOW Festival (where I convened a panel on fertility...

One day soon I’m going to write a proper blog. Like the old days. I’m not going to take blog sabbaticals. Or spend Sunday wondering whether anyone will notice if I skip a week. Or question how many words is enough - I know a blog can be too long but can it be too...

On Tuesday 6 February at the Bush Theatre we launched Fertility Fest 2018. Hurrah! That picture is of me and my Co-director Gabby at the launch. We’re the two sides of IVF – she’s got toddler twins after four rounds of treatment, I haven’t after eleven. But we both...

I did it again. In fact it feels like I'm making a habit of it. Monday morning. A hotel room in Barcelona. And I suddenly remember I’ve forgotten. My blog – the one which I’ve committed to writing every other Sunday (apart from at the end of last year when I took a...

It’s Sunday 14 January – exactly a month before Valentine’s Day – so I thought I’d tell you about some people I love – and who will definitely be getting a card from me. I’m going to start with Tracey Sainsbury, senior fertility counsellor at the Lister Fertility...

I’m back! I’ve even overreached my intention. I said I’d return in the new year – and it’s still 2017. Just. I won’t lie (because the truth is important to me), it’s been a difficult couple of months. But I had a lovely Christmas – my mum, my sister, my niece, two...

Apologies. This blog is long overdue - it's unlike me, but I have not been entirely myself. I must begin with a shout out to my Sherpa who guided me safely to the top of Island Peak in Nepal. Since I started my mountain madness two years ago with Kilimanjaro, my...

Those of you who are eagle-eyed, may have noticed that my blog has skipped a week. In fact, for the first time in four years of writing it, I actually forgot! My excuse being that after a whirlwind of work during September and early October, I boarded a plane for...

For those of you who might not have read my last blog, perhaps the title of this one needs some explaining. So, if it does, for speed (mine not yours) you can read this. I truly hope this will be my last ‘begging blog’ for a long while. Besides, two weeks today, when...

Dear Readers, Your Blogger Needs You! Imagine me in a general’s hat, no moustache but a finger pointing. Not in a confrontational way but in a gently encouraging, hopeful way. If that’s ok. This month I’ve launched the pre-order fundraising campaign for my new book....

I was going to call today’s post – Two Mountains And A Festival. But this morning I changed my mind. I’m reading a great book at the moment (more of that in a minute) and I’ve just reached the chapter which has the epigraph: Living Well Is The Best Revenge, the words...

There’s been a lot of press coverage this week about the recent cuts to IVF on the NHS – several Clinical Commissioning Groups are now considering restricting treatment to women aged 30 to 35. Someone said to me that infertility only gets this sort of attention from...