July

Posted on July 31, 2023 by worldenoughandtimeblog

July came out of nowhere! How is it July already?

I had a saga this month once again with my ridiculous eyes/vision.

It’s far too long and boring to recount it here so I will try my best to summarise it in the funniest and briefest way possible.

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Portugal

Posted on July 31, 2023 by worldenoughandtimeblog

Here are some lovely photos of our recent holiday to Portugal

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Menopause

Posted on July 25, 2023 by worldenoughandtimeblog

Many of you will know I started this year reading “Menopausing” by Davina McCall and Dr Naomi Potter, and was stunned by how little information is out there on menopause. Given that it is something that ALL women will go through in their lifetime, (assuming they live past their 40’s) there is so little research, information and understanding on it.

It is still not a compulsory part of GP training in the UK, despite various campaigns to change that, and many GP’s mistake menopausal symptoms for depression, so women all over the place are being prescribed anti-depressants instead of oestrogen. The symptoms are so vague and wide-ranging that it is hard to pin-point what’s one thing or another. The tests are irritatingly inconclusive. Almost a million women in the UK alone have had to leave the workforce prematurely because of menopausal symptoms being untreated and unrecognised in the workplace.

I heard a lot of “Don’t be ridiculous, you’re far too young for menopause” (1 in 100 women will go into menopause under 45), but it’s just so hard to KNOW for sure. Think about the symptoms for a minute:

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Meeting birth parents…

Posted on July 3, 2023 by worldenoughandtimeblog

So in June this year I met A’s birth mum.

It was a one-off meeting, organised through social services, in a structured meeting in a neutral place, facilitated by social workers. It’s a meeting I have been asking for and trying to organise for almost 4 years (since A first came home to me).

Why do it?

Lots of reasons. For birth parents it can bring closure and reassurance that they can feel they know the person who will be raising their child. It can give them an opportunity to share some of their history and past, or details about the pregnancy and birth of the child, and to present themselves as a complex human being rather than being seen as a series of unfortunate events/failures written up in social services reports.

For me, it was an opportunity to find out more about A’s birth father, as there was almost nothing at all in the reports to go on. It was a chance to ask about family medical history, any heriditary diseases or issues I might need to know about.

But most importantly, it was an opportunity for me to get to know A’s birth mum as a person.

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