A labour of love
Preparing yourself for one of the biggest moments in your life is daunting and exciting and filled with many mixed emotions...... and so many hormonal changes! It's a scary ride for every expecting mum. My pregnancy journey started in April 2016. Mark and I had just got back together after one and half years hiatus and after only a very short time being back together, we fell pregnant! Initially we were in complete shock and extremely scared, but also equally excited. Even though the timing wasn't ideal, this was something we had both wanted..... eventually. It had only been a few months earlier that I visited a gynaecologist to discuss some polyps they had found on my ovaries. During this visit the doctor brought up my age (37 at the time) and the fertility statistics for my senior status. The Doctor put the fear of God in me when he talked about the stats for women my age and so I decided to have my egg count tested. The day I received these results I rang my...