THE NURSE BEHIND THE LAPTOP
I am registered nurse in both the UK and Ireland who has spent over 15 years specialising in women’s health with extensive experience in fertility and menopause.
For many years I worked within a large IVF clinic having the privilege of supporting couples during their treatment, I also spent many years managing an egg donation program. In 2020 I decided to take the next step and began to work independently offering consultations, support, and education to patients in their own homes using virtual consultations.
After finishing my nursing degree I always knew I wanted to specialise in women’s health and spent the first 3 years of my practice working in gynaecology, early pregnancy and a year working in Australia before I focused my practice in Fertility and Menopause. I love learning and I am trained in pelvic scanning and have completed several post graduate modules in fertility, gynaecology, counselling, and sexual health. In 2020 I completed my MSc in Reproductive medicine which specifically focused on fertility and menopause.
I then had an epiphany if I managed to finish an MSc I could do a PhD right? In 2021
I made the big decision to start a part time self funded PhD with the Centre for Reproductive Research at De Montford University, Leicester. Still a work in progress with a long way to go, my PhD is looking at women's lived experience of a premature menopause.
I also love to run, although one of the slower runners of the group, it’s a great motivation to eat cake after a race! My other passion is walking with my husband and 4 dogs along the seafront near to our house.
"Thank you so much for the wonderful advice and support. A lot of our interactions with doctors and specialists have been so negative and it was just such a breath of fresh air speaking to you."
"It was lovely speaking to you today, thanks for taking the time to think about our case and offering advice"
I have also experienced life on the other side as a fertility patient, with my husband and I having 3 cycles of IVF, with the final cycle using egg donation, this cycle did result in a pregnancy, sadly a few weeks later this ended in a miscarriage. Due to a rare complex reproductive condition further treatment was not possible. I know from personal experience how lonely, isolating, and heart-breaking the journey can be and made it my mission to educate and support you on your reproductive journey using my knowledge and experience.
In April 2020 I took part in a programme for The Fertility Podcast where I talked about my own experiences with Progesterone Hypersensitivity, the impact it had on my physical and emotional health and how I was able to move forward.
You can listen here and find lots of other useful resource on their website https://www.thefertilitypodcast.com/
You can also read more about progesterone sensitivity and my story on the Walk in our Shoes website here
