Laura O SmithSexual 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
Laura O SmithSex 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
Laura O Smith“What I’m feeling is valid and normal”What it’s like to be young and aromanticFeb 10, 2021Feb 10, 2021
Laura O SmithHomeschooling 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
Laura O SmithWorking 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
Laura O SmithDo 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
Laura O SmithWhat’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
Laura O SmithFrom 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
Laura O SmithMum 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
Laura O SmithSo 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
