This article caught my attention as my 13 year old come to me only a week ago to ask if her labia was normal. I thought it just curiosity with her changing body but now I’m going to go back and check in with her to see where it originated seeing this article. We need to build our girls up to be confident and love their bodies. 

This makes me so mad as it’s not isolated. I had a major stroke like incident and couldn’t walk or talk and lost my short term memory 5 years ago. I had a constant migraine and for 2 years visited multiple doctors and hospitals and was screamed at and told to talk. My family were constantly told it was a mental health issue and I kept getting referred to the mental health team. I was lucky as I worked at a hospital and sought out a neurologist colleague who said I know you, this isn’t you something is wrong. I cried as she said just because I can’t find the problem doesn’t mean there isn’t one. 

I was always under the understanding that You are most likely to conceive during the 5 days before ovulation, along with the day you ovulate. Additionally that Sperm can live up to 5 days inside your body, so if you have sex up to 5 days before your egg is released, you can get pregnant. This 8 hours is not something I’ve heard of. It’s great to open the conversation. I personally liked to me more private and never openly projected on those around me for their fertility successes, it’s such an individual journey. I understand it’s difficult when those around you are falling and you are struggling I’ve been in that position having miscarriage after miscarriage. I was at a baby shower of a close friend and her sister in law burst into tears and stormed out as she had a pregnancy loss 6 months prior and said she couldn’t handle it. I get it but sometimes it’s not about you and you have to check yourself and let others have their moments. I feel I can say this as I had a very rough journey to having children.