Sexual health and dating after breast cancer treatment“I don’t want my body to behave like it’s in the menopause when I’m in my thirties.”May 24, 2021May 24, 2021
Sex and Covid: three stories of how Covid-19 can affect your sex life, for better or worseSex and Covid: three stories of how Covid-19 can affect your sex life, for better or worseApr 22, 2021Apr 22, 2021
“What I’m feeling is valid and normal”What it’s like to be young and aromanticFeb 10, 2021Feb 10, 2021
Homeschooling in lockdown — it is worth my relationship with my children?I lost my dad last year. It was a great shock. Though he was 78, he was fit and healthy, still enthusiastically working and excited by…Jan 11, 2021Jan 11, 2021
Working through menopauseI’m getting to an age when a few of my friends are experiencing symptoms of menopause. For most of them, the onset of hot flushes, sudden…May 28, 2020May 28, 2020
Do I need to attend cervical screening if I’m queer?The short answer is yes, if you have a cervix.Apr 28, 2020Apr 28, 2020
What’s it like to get a coil fitted?A few months ago, I went for my first Mirena coil (or IUS — intrauterine system) fitting at my local GP. I’ve had three children, and…Apr 28, 2020Apr 28, 2020
From One to AnotherThis is a piece I wrote for our wedding ceremony. We got married after a very long engagement and three kids. Lots of people asked why we…Mar 11, 2020Mar 11, 2020
Mum and Dad are getting marriedI wrote this poem for our wedding. My husband and I were engaged years ago, but decided to have children before a wedding. I’m glad we did…Mar 11, 2020Mar 11, 2020
So much blood: what I was doing the day that Trump was elected.Warning: this contains graphic and intimate descriptions of miscarriage.Nov 10, 2016Nov 10, 2016