Our Blog, The Lazy Stork, is having a facelift at the moment. Meanwhile, why not read on to find out how HappyBumps.com was conceived and the Lazy Stork lost his way......

Blog Taster 1:
Let me start by saying that infertility is not the only aspect of my life. I am a businesswoman and soon-to-be teacher. I have friends and enjoy spending time with them. I dote on my three cats; spend much time nagging Mr Happy for a puppy; and I absolutely love visiting coffee shops. (I also fancy a guy working in a local shop and like to pop in there every so often for a glimpse ... Mr Happy finds it highly amusing. It’s a ridiculously tiring hobby, fancying Mr Shopguy. I have to be well turned out for my visits. No trakkie bottoms or unkempt hair. Glowing skin and a radiant smile are an absolute must.)

Another interesting fact (or is it supremely boring?) about me – I do not run away from other people’s bumps and babies. I can even touch a pregnant tummy! I am not obsessed with having a baby. I would like one though. But we don’t always get what we want in life, and I truly am grateful for what I do have.

I admit that I did have an issue with babies for some time. What sane woman going through IVF wouldn’t? (Note to self: IVF robbed you of all sanity. Is your memory that short?). Then I realised that my problem lies with the infertility itself. I’ve never managed to make friends with the bugger. I still wish it would explain itself and then just go away.

I called on the stork once, you know, and he said he’d be round any time soon. Four years later there’s still no sign of him. Maybe he’s a typical man and refuses to stop and ask for directions? Or maybe he’s a right lazybones and never even left home in the first place. I picture him curled up on his couch with furry slippers, a blanket and a mug of hot chocolate. Every now and then he thinks he hears my voice in the distance, but then he nods off to sleep again......The lazy stork.

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Blog Taster 2:
Following its conception, HappyBumps.com was nurtured for nine months before its eventual birth. It’s the brainchild of myself and my husband, a couple of long-term TTC-ers (attending CFC, Cork Fertility Centre). We’ve hit the four year mark now in our journey through ‘unexplained infertility’. We have suffered two failed IUIs, two IVFs that resulted in chemical pregnancies, and many silly comments from well-intentioned folk. So we know all too well where many of you are coming from!

We found ourselves buying ovulation and pregnancy tests online from sites in different countries and were disappointed that we couldn’t find something closer to home. This is what led us to launch such a website ourselves. Of course, you might live in Timbuktu and so for you we’re actually not “closer to home” at all... Which is just fine too. In fact, if you do live in Timbuktu, we’ll ship to you for free!

The sites we bought from were always very clinical and, in my mind, missing that personal "girlie" touch. I’d have loved a site like our own when buying fertility tests online - a bit of modesty every now and then doesn’t go astray! Which is why HappyBumps came about in the first place.

If you have any comments or questions (but no silly stuff like “Why is the sky blue?”), please get in touch, we’d love to hear from you! Wishing you the very best of luck in your attempts to have (or avoid, as the case may be...) a baby.

Mrs HappyBumps