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Welcome to My Life on Pause
Navigating my way through the early menopause
Welcome to My Life on Pause. I was diagnosed with Primary Ovarian Insufficiency (POI) at the age of 31 and here I am sharing some of my thoughts as I try to navigate the emotional and physical hurdles that fertility and menopause brings at such a young age.
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Soulmate
Soulmate is defined as a “person ideally suited to another as a close friend or romantic partner” or "a person with whom one has a...
siobhan o'sullivan
Feb 18, 20244 min read
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Why is it important to give POI a voice?
Despite affecting a significant number of women not enough is known about POI. Before I was diagnosed I wasn't even aware it existed as a...
siobhan o'sullivan
Aug 17, 20231 min read
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Why is it important to give Early Menopause a voice…?
Why is important to give Early Menopause a voice…? As a women we all go through it right? Why does it matter if not happens a few years...
siobhan o'sullivan
Aug 17, 20232 min read
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Children....It's Complicated!
Knowing you “can’t have children”. Its hard to figure out if you do want them? Did you once want them ? Are you now unsure because you...
siobhan o'sullivan
Aug 14, 20231 min read
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Failing to relate, trying not to isolate.
I think one of the most challenging things about going through an "Early Menopause" in you 20's or 30's is having to develop a whole new...
siobhan o'sullivan
Aug 12, 20233 min read
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Flip Reverse It! From Doctor to Patient
It is a humbling and vulnerable position to be in when you switch from Doctor to Patient, and one I have been reflecting on a lot...
siobhan o'sullivan
Jul 25, 20233 min read
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Unexplained emotions at an unexpected time.
There aren't many resources that you can turn to to gain an insight into the menopause, there are even less looking at it from the...
siobhan o'sullivan
Feb 1, 20223 min read
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Boxing things up!
After my first consultation with the specialist doctor, I was given a book to take away and read "Making Friends with the Menopause. As...
siobhan o'sullivan
Feb 1, 20221 min read
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Loosing something you never had
Struggling with the concept that you can't have a child when you don't currently want a child is a bit of a minefield. Its hard to be...
siobhan o'sullivan
Jan 20, 20223 min read
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Picking your poison
At a time when it seemed that many choices had been cruely taken away, the decision of which Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) to start...
siobhan o'sullivan
Jan 20, 20222 min read
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There's no eggs left.
I have to admit as soon as the words "Ovarian failure" were thrown into the mix the fear became very real. I have never been one of those...
siobhan o'sullivan
Jan 19, 20223 min read
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Flirty Thirty and Flushes!
I'm enjoying my early 30's. I know many people fear the big 3-0 however after years of trying to desperately "find myself" during my 20's...
siobhan o'sullivan
Jan 19, 20223 min read
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Starting the conversation...
I am a 34 year old women who has been diagnosed with Premature Ovarian Failure. I received this diagnosis when I was 31 and I have been...
siobhan o'sullivan
Jan 19, 20222 min read
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