by Claire | Mar 10, 2026 | Reflections
The Spring Equinox is a threshold in the turning of the year.For a brief moment, day and night stand in perfect balance. Light and darkness share the sky equally, as if the earth itself has paused in the movement between seasons.Nothing is rushing forward yet.In the...
by Claire | Jan 9, 2026 | HSE Fertility Hub, Reflections
Publicly funded assisted human reproduction (AHR) has been live in Ireland since 2023. Fertility treatment that was once entirely private is now partially funded through the HSE and delivered through the public fertility pathway.During this same period, fertility...
by Claire | Dec 11, 2025 | HSE Fertility Hub, Reflections
HSE Fertility Wait Times in Ireland There is a particular kind of waiting inside the public fertility pathway — one that doesn’t feel passive or neutral. When you’re trying to conceive, time isn’t counted in months but in cycles, and each one carries its own emotional...
by Claire | Dec 5, 2025 | Reflections
A Return to Light, Darkness & Ancestral KnowingThe Winter Solstice and the New Moon arriving together create a rare moment of deep stillness —the longest night of the year aligning with the darkest night of the lunar cycle.This is a threshold.A pause between what...
by Claire | Dec 4, 2025 | Miscarriage, Reflections
The Weight of the Three Miscarriage RuleMost women don’t discover the three-miscarriage rule until they are already grieving. It sits quietly in the background of fertility care in Ireland and the UK, rarely spoken about openly, rarely explained, rarely acknowledged...
by Claire | Nov 22, 2025 | HSE Fertility Hub, IVF, Reflections
The Hidden Cost of a 70 Percent Failure Rate in Ireland’s One-Cycle IVF Scheme The HSE fertility hub is where most couples begin their journey through Ireland’s publicly funded fertility system. You’ve already done what so many never get the chance to do.You cleared...
