After tentatively introducing myself last Friday I have had what I can only describe as the most difficult weekend of my life.

I have sadly had a miscarriage at 8 weeks and 3 days. Thankfully the pregnancy was not ectopic and I have chosen to let nature take its cause and have opted out of any surgical intervention (for the time being).

The medical staff who looked after me in hospital were some of the kindest people my partner and I have ever met. With many cuddles and reassuring words from a whole spectrum of caring strangers, including an older African gentleman nurse who had the most reassuring and beautiful things to say to us including a proverb from his own country which was so appropriate and comforting in our time of need.

I guess we have experienced the reality that pregnancy doesn't always result in an addition to ones family and that things can go very wrong. We both feel reassured by the fact that miscarriage is natures way of making sure we only bring a healthy baby into this world and that is exactly what we intend to do.

I will be taking the next few months to heal and get ready to give this crazy journey another go. I wish all of you who are trying to conceive and who are pregnant all the very best and if you have any questions about my experience please ask me, I don't mind at all. See you ladies (and gents) back here soon!

Love from London

C x