BABY / LOVE

So, my test results weren't exactly what I was expecting.

The Tuesday after my tubal patency test, I found myself again sitting in my specialist's office feeling anxious.  Wringing my hands as I waited for her to arrive, I wondered whether my test results would show that my fertility was good, or whe...

That's the official medical diagnosis typically given to single women and same sex couples in Australia who are trying to conceive.

As opposed to heterosexual couples who may have difficulty conceiving for some actual medical reason, single women and same sex couples are labelled as being infertile f...

I somehow always knew that marriage and partnership weren't going to be for me.

Even as a young person, I was socially awkward, a bit weird, and not very popular.  I wanted to fit in but never quite managed to, and I never wanted it badly enough to pretend to be something I wasn't.  I was bookish, sm...