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My name is Catherine and I am a Daughter, Sister, Wife and Mother to two boys / men. How did that happen so quickly 😯 !!

I am going to zoom back almost 30 years ago to when my whole "Womb" journey started. Before that, I had actively disconnected from my womb to channel all my energies into my career as an I.T. Network Manager. Then in 1996, I married my main man Mark. Both of us worked full time, were climbing the corporate ladder, but there was always the thought about starting to have a family. I have to say, Initially, I wasn't overly concerned when we weren't getting pregnant, as I was very busy in my I.T. job. Eventually, we did go to the GP who told us that it can take at least a year for a couple to get pregnant, but he referred us to Professor Harrison in the Rotunda Hospital and we discovered I had endometriosis, high prolactin levels (stress) and FSH. During the laparoscopy the endo was cleared up and we decided to try IVF/ICSI.

I have to say, I was both daunted by the idea of doing IVF due to my phobia of needles, but I was also excited, thinking I was going to end up with twins 🤣!!! I was very optimistic. How naive was I ?! The journey wasn't at all what I expected, navigating those highs and lows, and it became apparent very quickly that I wasn't responding the way they would have liked. I felt helpless. We managed to get 5 eggs and 3 fertilised and they put the 3 back ! Yes, they did that back then !!! So then we found ourselves in the 2 week wait. The torture waiting to take the pregnancy test. D-day then arrived and I took the test. It was a big fat negative. We were absolutely devasted. For us, it was pure grief because we knew that there were 3 little living parts of us that didn't survive.

We went for a follow up appointment in the Rotunda where the doctor told us to "Consider our quality of life without children". It was blunt, it was negative and gave us no hope. I was devastated. We took some time out to re-group, took a holiday and then decided we would give it one more try. This time we went to Sims clinic where they were a lot more optimistic. We embarked on our second IVF/ICSI cycle. The meds definitely didn't agree with me as my whole body went into overdrive and I found I could not sleep. It took me years before my sleep sorted itself out. Having said all that, same result, 5 eggs, 3 put back and another big fat negative. The grief was just terrible and nobody around me understood how we were feeling. It was time for another holiday and re-group.

It was during these IVF cycles that I embarked on my holistic lifestyle. I started looking at what I was putting on my skin, what I was eating, I gave up coffee, and generally started looking after my body and my mind.

We had always said that we would only do 2 IVFs and if they didn't work, then we would start on the Adoption route because we were guaranteed to have a baby by the end of it. So, after 3 years of interviews with social workers, parenting courses, piles and piles of legal paperwork, we eventually brought our first son home to Ireland. He was 6 months old, to the day. It was amazing. He is amazing ! However, 3 days home I became to feel very unwell. I thought all the travelling had finally caught up with me. At 5 days home, I decided to take a trip to the pharmacy and get a pregnancy test. OH, MY, GOD. 2 lines came up. I rang a friend of mine and I was asking if it was possible to get a false positive and she told me I was more likely to get a false negative. So back into the car again, with my little man in toe, and back to the pharmacy to get a test that said Pregnant/No Pregnant. Took the second test and it came up "PREGNANT". I was in complete shock. After 6 years, I had never even seen a positive pregnancy test. Next I called my hubby in work. Just couldn't hold it to myself. When I broke the news, the line just went really, really quiet. Then all I heard was ...."For f&*% sake. We couldn't believe it. Here we were with a little 6 month old baby and another on the way.

I began to believe it very quickly after that. I was never so sick in all my life. I felt like I had a tummy bug for 7 months of the pregnancy and lost piles of weight. Even doing an online shop and scouring the meat aisle, caused my stomach to heave !! And all I could think was, is the baby getting enough because I certainly wasn't getting enough. I was weak and could barely walk up the stairs. But my baby was thriving, even though I mainly lived off Complan. He took everything he needed from me and when he was born, he was a very healthy 7lb 2oz. So I gave up my job in I.T. and decided to throw myself into the job of being a full time mum to my 2 sons. It was harder than I expected but also one of the most rewarding jobs I have ever done, and continue to do.

When my boys went to school, I decided to embark on a holistic path and trained in Reflexology. I saw a cancellation for a Reflexology training course come up locally on facebook and I jumped at the chance. I loved every single minute of the training and little did I know where this was going to lead me. Before I even had my Reflexology Diploma, I had already decided that I would specialise in Fertility, having "lived" the path, I knew exactly how it feels to be on a fertility journey and of course, a pregnancy journey and I am now on my "Moon pause" journey, and have treatments for all of them. I expanded my training over the years, some of which include Yoga with Yoga alliance and Emotional Freedom Technique with EFT International, Fertile Body Method (Visualisation harnessing the mind and body connection), I apprenticed for a complete year as a Womb healer with Devapathways. Even though I am working live online, I still employ Reflexology techniques in my niche fields of Fertility, Pregnancy and Menopause. And I am delighted to report that I have won 7 rewards for my work in the field of Reflexology and Fertility.

I continue to expand my knowledge to bring my expertise to you, and anyone who wants to fulfill their life's dream of becoming a mother. I do this by weaving all my expertise together to re-connect you with your wombspace, using Reflexology, Yoga, Visualisation, Womb Healing, Angelic Reiki healing and EFT tapping for Fertility, Pregnancy & menopause.

I look forward to catching up with you sometime !

Best wishes