A conversation with Dr. Juliet Skinner and Anna Hosford, co-founders of the JCI accredited Barbados Fertility Centre on the 15th anniversary of its creation

That time is here again when the whole country is off with their family to celebrate Mothering Sunday, but for some women it is a very painful and difficult day to get through, especially if your only wish is to be a Mother.

All of them are accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI), whose Gold Seal means that BFC is not just best in class, but also among the best in the world.

Endometriosis is often a painful disorder, in which tissue that normally lines the inside of the uterus — the endometrium — grows outside the uterus. Endometriosis most commonly involves ovaries, bowel or the tissue lining the pelvis.

Society norms have changed immensely over the decades. For women, their wish is not like ‘grandma’s’ which was to get married and have kids early.

It’s been a week since the race and I still struggle to answer, “How did you do?” This race is one I will never forget.

This time next week it will be all over. We have one more training run to do, and then all the early mornings and the miles come to a head for this one moment.

But there are some mornings where everything goes like clockwork and other mornings, for some mysterious reason, they don’t, regardless of the prep. This was one of those mornings. Somehow the clock was moving faster than me.

We are two weeks away from race day and guess what? I am falling apart. Should I do this race and clock my slowest time or abandon it all and walk away. I was heavily leaning toward the latter.

I took that string, let it slip through my fingers and looked up to the sky as my red balloon floated away. This was me standing barefoot on the grass with tears streaming down my face.