Our 3rd round of IVF failed and the whole thing has hit me like a bus. This is not a podcast episode because I am not able to speak about this without crying. And to be honest, even crying seems so overrated right now because what I feel is a deep sadness that crying seeminglyContinue reading “A deep sadness”
Author Archives: Noni Martins
Ethnic diversity in fertility treatment 2018
Last week I sat on a panel organised by the HFEA, with doctors; Christine Ekechi, Raj Mathur & Yacoub Khalaf to discuss the HFEA’s latest report, ‘Ethnic diversity in fertility treatment 2018’ – UK ethnicity statistics for IVF and DI fertility treatment (Published: March 2021). The report highlights disparities in access to and outcomes ofContinue reading “Ethnic diversity in fertility treatment 2018”
Elle Magazine feature
I’m kinda still speechless tbh. But very GRATEFUL & HOPEFUL that someone will see someone who looks like them talking about the “taboo” that is infertility and feel less alone and maybe even empowered to seek treatment. My only message is that infertility is NOT the end. There are options beyond the infertility diagnosis andContinue reading “Elle Magazine feature”
Unfertility Podcast – Episode 5
Episode 5 out now! I’m back with another episode about my journey. In this episode I am just checking in with reflections from our third round of IVF. I speak on the mental & emotional shifts I have noticed between when I am not doing an IVF cycle vs when I am going through aContinue reading “Unfertility Podcast – Episode 5”
Unfertility Podcast – Episode 4
Episode 4 – out now! In this episode, I speak with @karabo_infertilitywarrior of @hannah_youarenotalone about her journey with recurrent miscarriages. We had such a wonderful conversation and there was a message in her mother’s words that really resonated with me… she said to Karabo, “ngwanaka phila” – meaning “live my child”. A loving reminder that your lifeContinue reading “Unfertility Podcast – Episode 4”
Unfertility Podcast – Episode 3
Episode 3 out now! In this episode, I speak with Jasmine – @glowful.path – about her infertility, IVF & pregnancy loss journey. After a miscarriage and a second IVF round that ended with no embryos for transfer, her 3rd IVF cycle was successful and she is currently pregnant. There is a beautiful moment in the episode whereContinue reading “Unfertility Podcast – Episode 3”
Unfertility X Fertility Conversations
My sister-friend Ola invited me to share my story on her podcast @fertilityconversations – Always good gisting with you sis 💜 You can listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts
Unfertility Podcast – Episode 2
Episode 2 out now! In this episode, I speak with Natalie @myivf_miracle who went through 12 unsuccessful IVF cycles & 7 miscarriages. She now has a beautiful baby boy from her 13th IVF cycle. Natalie’s story has stayed with me ever since the first time I heard it. I had only had 1 cycle then and herContinue reading “Unfertility Podcast – Episode 2”
Unfertility Podcast – Episode 1
My very first episode. I’m really proud of this episode and I hope it resonates x *Subscribe to my Youtube channel here to receive notifications of new episodes*
Dear Black People
– a love letter to my community Dear Black People, we need to break the stigma and misconceptions. We need to check the misinformation we have held onto for generations. We need to become more critical and progressive in our thinking because in doing this we will be able to see unconventional journeys towards fertilityContinue reading “Dear Black People”
Unfertility x HFEA
For Black History Month 2020, I wrote the first ever patient blog for the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) – which is the UK’s independent regulator of fertility treatment and research. I am thankful that here in the UK, we have an authority like the HFEA, that always puts the safety of IVF patientsContinue reading “Unfertility x HFEA”
All Cried Out
“I give myself permission to cry, scream, laugh, dance, eat and do all the things that this dynamic body needs and demands” – @siphokaziveti Once we started our IVF treatment, the whole thing just felt like a dream. It feels real but not real at the same time and it kind of felt like weContinue reading “All Cried Out”
Faithful To The End
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful” – Hebrews 10 v 23 I say this all the time… I wasn’t always this believer (in God). I believed in a higher power of some sort and felt no need to be definitive about that. And IContinue reading “Faithful To The End”
2020 cancelled?
Love isn’t cancelled Music isn’t cancelled Dancing isn’t cancelled Progress isn’t cancelled Meditating isn’t cancelled Dreaming isn’t cancelled Self-care isn’t cancelled Reading isn’t cancelled Having fun isn’t cancelled – @insta_holaa What a year it has been already… and I am really not sure why and how a non-UK Mother’s Day has triggered me. I don’tContinue reading “2020 cancelled?”
How does it feel?
“There is a life to be lived right here in the waiting.” –@morganharpernichols Before we began I spent a lot of time worrying (and being actually terrified at one point) about what it was going to be like, what I was going to be like. Having gone through the first half now I can sayContinue reading “How does it feel?”
