ABOUT SINÉAD
Writer. Advocate. Survivor of a decade-long battle that the medical system kept telling her wasn't happening.
Sinéad spent years being told that what she was feeling wasn't that serious. That the pain was manageable. That she should keep trying. That her body would catch up.
It didn't. And the journey that followed - through endometriosis, fertility treatment, IVF and eventually the breakdown of her marriage - changed everything about who she is.
SINÉAD'S STORY
Endometriosis affects 1 in 10 women. It took seven years from the first time a doctor mentioned the word to Sinéad for it to appear on her chart. In that time she saw over half a dozen doctors, was dismissed more times than she can count, and learned the painful lesson that women's pain is rarely taken at face value. By the time she was finally diagnosed with Stage IV endometriosis, she had already spent years inside the fertility treatment machine, fighting two battles at once and losing ground on both.
The diagnosis
She describes the end of her IVF journey as the moment hope and faith left the building. The grief of it was not just physical - it was the loss of the future she had already begun to imagine. Infertility doesn't only affect the body. It affects relationships, friendships, a sense of self. Sinead's marriage didn't survive it. And for a long time, she wasn't sure she would either. But she did. And eventually, she started to write.
the fertility journey
Back in the noughties, endometriosis barely existed in public conversation. Women were expected to manage quietly, to keep their grief private, to get on with it. Sinéad searched for stories like hers - women who had been through IVF and come out the other side, not necessarily with a baby but with their life still intact. She couldn't find enough of them.
So she wrote hers.
She hopes it finds the people who need it. She hopes it makes someone feel less alone at 3am when the fear is loudest. And she hopes it starts conversations - in doctors' offices, in relationships, between friends - that should have been happening a long time ago.
Sinéad didn't write this book to be brave. She wrote it because she was tired of silence.
Why she wrote Inconceivable
Sinéad is available for speaking engagements, panel discussions and media appearances on the themes of women's health, fertility, patient advocacy and resilience.
She speaks from lived experience - not from a place of having all the answers, but from having asked the hard questions and refused to stop until she got them. Her story resonates with women navigating infertility, with healthcare professionals working to close the diagnosis gap, and with anyone who has ever had to fight to be believed.
For speaking and media enquiries, visit the Media page (coming soon) or get in touch directly.
BEYOND THE BOOK
Join a growing community of women navigating infertility, endometriosis and everything that comes with it. Sinead shares honest reflections, support resources and updates on the book - no noise, just connection.
