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L.R. Reproductive Psychology

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L.R. Reproductive Psychology

Psychologist, Speaker & Trainer
Helping everyone do better in supporting theirs and others reproductive mental health

28/07/2025

Monday's are typically for grocery shopping & doing the washing, not a psychology work day, but a life admin and management day!

But on Mondays, sometimes I also do some behind the scenes work for , and today is one of these days.

I been doing general behind the scenes set up and work with and for the past few months, as many of you are aware, I have been working on getting training for professionals out into the world.

2 years ago, I ran a one-off live webinar on The ABC's of ART. Currently, I am reworking and updating the slides to launch it as a self-paced online training, as well as continuing work on a second self-paces online training on the role of the Reproductive Story for Professionals.

So now it's back to work on updating the slides and content, and continuing the content for the second training.

training

23/07/2025

The "Little Deaths" of infertility and fertility treatment, a patient quoted description in Jaffe, Diamond & Diamond's 2005 book 'Unsung Lullabies' of the multiple events through infertility and fertility treatment which lead to grief and loss.

Each of these individual experiences of the 'little deaths' are unseen by those around us, but forever etch within our hearts, minds and can for some leave physical scars and impact.

The 'little deaths' of infertility and fertility treatment are truly disenfranchised griefs, unseen by the world, and often with little to hold ourselves, other than an empty box of medications, or an image of an embryo which could have been.

Even if we navigate through fertility treatments, and bring home a baby, the delicate 'little deaths' we have experienced on the pathway, continue to imprint on us for the rest of our lives.

Grief, is ever present through infertility and fertility treatments, the 'little deaths' leave scars, sometimes much larger than the world sees.

Allow yourself the space to grieve these 'little deaths', acknowledge they have impacted you and will stay with you.

And while the whole world may not see these, know there are many people who do.

Unsung Lullabies: Understanding and Coping with Infertility. Janet Jaffe, Martha Diamond & David Diamond. 2005

09/07/2025

It's in! 12 pages and 3400 words of submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission's review of Surrogacy Laws.

There is still a few more days to finalise and submit your own thoughts and feedback on how surrogacy can be changed and improved in Australia for everyone involved, from the intended parents to the surrogates and importantly children born through Surrogacy.

Looking forward to seeing the discussion paper in the coming months and the final report next year.

Big thanks again to for her template to aid with submission!

01/07/2025

Spent sometime today listening to webinar in YouTube on completing a submission for the Australian Law Reform Commision review on Surrogacy Laws.

Like most laws in Australia, every state has something slightly different. Some states with some definite benefits and some with some definite negatives. And then some that just have legislation which is outright discriminatory (looking at you WA).

The ALRC is taking submissions between the 4th and 11th of July, and anyone can put one in.

So if you have personally navigated surrogacy, been a surrogate, or if you have any professional involvement with surrogacy take some time to watch webinar, then download her submission template, look over the paper and get writing!

I certainly won't be able to write and submit to all the questions, but those I can, I plan to! And now to get cracking on the writing!

24/06/2025

Language is so incredibly important, and this article hits hard around the impact of language.

Why do we call the removal of the uterus a hysterectomy?

Why don't we call it a uterectomy?

Let's ditch the inflammatory and defamatory language from women's health and call it what it is.

Given that it takes years for language to change in the world of medicine, the earlier we start and the more of us who use it now, the quicker it will occur!

From now on, I'll be referring it to a uterectomy.

What other women's health language would you like to see change?

You can read the article here: https://theconversation.com/inaccurate-and-misogynistic-why-we-need-to-make-the-term-hysterectomy-history-257972?utm_medium=article_clipboard_share&utm_source=theconversation.com

11/05/2025

Mother's Day 2025.

It means different things to different people.

For some, it's love and laughter.

For some, it's love and tears.

For some, it's heartache.

For some, it's hope.

Whatever Mother's Day means and feels to you, I send you love.

03/05/2025

Saturday 2025 Conference.

Fascinating presentations on cross boarder reproduction, and the risks and benefits which can come from it. How Thailand has implemented change post the Baby Gammy scandal in 2015.

Proposals of how we track and collect data better on patients who choose cross boarder treatment, to improve safety for patients, and where donor conception available improve connectivity for DCP.

And a great debate on the role of telemedicine in counselling, which was incredibly thought provoking given around 40% of my work is online.

Also took a photo of the wiggly human s***m, and ran into and took photo of our fab and on point reproductive earrings!!

Then an evening spent wandering in the Supertree Grove & Marina Bay - Singapore know how to put on a show!!

30/04/2025

Safely in Singapore, and have managed to have of my favourite Singaporian food - Teh-C & Kaya Toast!!

Figured out where to go for the start of the conference tomorrow!!

And managed to catch up with some of my amazing Australian colleagues who are also here for the conference 2025

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