Where to get support when you are struggling to have a baby, this archive series of The Fertility Podcast discusses counselling and coaching with a wide range of interviews with experts, as well as sharing many stories of people who have set up businesses or started blogs or podcasts to help them and others deal with the struggles of not being able to have a family as expected.
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BONUS: Visions of Reproductive Health from Being Human Festival
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Last November, I was asked to partner with the Being Human Festival curated by Queen Mary, University of London. The event was part of a series called ‘Navigating New Worlds'. This event is funded by the Wellcome Trust. The webinar they were hosting was looking at the many ways the interior body has been revealed by a variety of visualizing techniq…
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What support is available to help me whilst I'm trying conceive?
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Firstly a big thank you to our episode sponsor Parla where you can access free self-assessment tools, at-home fertility tests, meditations, health guides, and a community of qualified fertility experts. All at your fingertips! To support our listeners Parla is offering a 3-month free trial and 50% of their fertility test all worth over £100 in disc…
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What is Reproductive Immunology?
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In this week’s episode, we welcome Naava Carmen, fertility acupuncturist and founder of The Fertility Support Company, who is on a mission is to tackle the underlining causes of infertility both in natural fertility and assisted conception. We're also going to be speaking with Dr. Yau Thum Fertility Specialist at The Lister and the pair have found …
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The Early Years: How to Preserve Your Fertility Before You Transition
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Imagine not feeling comfortable in your skin and feeling totally overwhelmed about where becoming a parent might fit in with your plans? Natalie spent some at The Agora Clinic in Brighton, to capture the stories of its diverse community, and created a podcast series called The Agora Journals which you can listen to here Here you can hear one of the…
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Goodbye 2020 - Merry Christmas from us
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Well, it's our final chat of 2020 and we actually did it on Insta live which is what we've shared here. It's been a difficult week for many in the UK this week, as for a lot of people Christmas hopes have been dashed and there's not much we can say to console you, except we're nearly through this awful year and we know there is a potential end in s…
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How do you know if you can trust your fertility doctor?
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We are so excited to share this episode with you after we both binged listened to her pretty fabulous podcast. Meet Jenny Kleeman - journalist, author, presenter, and filmmaker who has recently hosted the podcast The Immaculate Deception. The Story The Immaculate Deception covers the story of Jan Karbaat, a fertility doctor in the Netherlands durin…
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What does it mean to donate your embryos to science?
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In this episode, Natalie is flying solo as this is an audio account of her visit to Bourn Hall, Cambridge to talk about the decision to donate your frozen embryos to science. At the start of the episode, you do hear Natalie getting a bit upset as she recorded herself the day before the trip, so please do bear this in mind in case it triggers you. S…
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How to answer that you don’t have kids, so they don’t ask again
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Meet Kate Kaufmann, author of Do you have kids? Life when the answer is no. Kate is childless not by choice. She struggled to conceive and suffered from both luteal phase defect and endometriosis. Faced with the prospect of IVF, she and her husband felt that this was a step too far for them and decided that this was the end of their fertility journ…
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The Fertility Podcast is 5!
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I decided to launch this podcast once successfully pregnant after IVF. I never in my wildest dreams imagined I'd still be making it five years on, yet here I am with all sorts of fascinating conversations being shared over the last five years. I've now hosted this podcast for the same amount of time that I hosted my breakfast radio show with Heart!…
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Hear what's different about this year's fertility show
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This year The Fertility Show is opening on Friday night So you can go after work and learn more about fertility MOTs, egg freezing, having a natural cycle, treatment abroad, and solo motherhood - so I caught up with Managing Director Laura Biggs to chat about what's in store. Laura talked about her struggles with Endometriosis and also her decision…
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How do I cope with the stress of IVF at work?
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Meet Shelia Cameron, the CEO of Lloyds Market Association who I spoke to after hosting a panel discussion at the Dive In Festival last month. Sheila spoke in front of an audience for the first time about what it’s like to navigate a fertility journey in the fast-paced and stressful corporate world. She talks about her fears over discrimination, pos…
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Why we need to talk about childless women differently.
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I was really looking forward to speaking to Jody Day on the podcast again. I've heard Jody talk numerous times at Fertility Fest and am always struck by her determination and positivity when it comes to talking about her work and her book 'Living the Life Unexpected and Rocking the Life Unexpected' Jody is the founder of Gateway Women, a network fo…
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Would you go to IVF Bootcamp?
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The ARGC is a divisive clinic and one I've always been intrigued to understand more about so in this episode Kate and I speak with Medical Director, Mr. Mohammed Taranissi who talks about ‘IVF Boot camp’, how they manage male factor infertility, and why he feels that the IVF clinics success rates on the HFEA website are misleading. You can also hea…
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The Fertility Show Special from the Let's Talk Stage
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This episode shares highlights from several sessions that took place at The Fertility Show in Manchester. It's ok to talk about your fertility was a conversation with Dr. Zoe Williams, GP, and TV Presenter, Dr. Larisa Corda - Consultant in Reproductive Medicine & ITV This Morning’s and Channel Mum’s Fertility Expert and Emma Kenny TV psychologist, …
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What does IVF look like at the movies?
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Meet Harry Wootliff, the guest on our new episode, talking about her stunning new film, ONLY YOU, It's the story of Elena played by the breathtakingly gorgeous Laia Costa, who is 35, and Jake played by Josh O'Connor, who is 26, and the pair meet by chance on New Year's Eve, fighting for the same taxi. But, instead of going their separate ways after…
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Fertility Fest 2018 - Big Fat Questions
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CNN News Anchor Hannah Vaughnan Jones asks the ‘Big Fertility Questions’ to an expert panel of fertility specialists, artists and public figures including Professor Geeta Nargund (Medical Director of Create Fertility), Geoffrey Trew (Consultant in Reproductive Medicine and listed as one of Tatler's 'Best Private Doctors' for three years running), P…
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A story of IVF and baking biscuits of support
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Meet Caroline Caroline is my latest 'Meet the Maker' guest who created gorgeous biscuits and is also still working out what is going to happen next on her route to parenthood. Caroline and I met on Insta and have since met in person, at The Fertility Show where you can see her in the pic above as she was a brilliant guest on my panel at the 'Let's …
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Fertility Myth Busting at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, first Fertility Forum
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During this episode, you will hear from Professor Adam Balen, on what to expect from the day as well as Ruth Bender Atik from the Miscarriage Association explaining some of the myths associated with miscarriage and how her organization can help you. Make sure you do have a look at the RCOG website where they have shared all the content from the day…
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What key things do I need to know about my fertility?
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At The Fertility Show in Manchester, the Let's Talk Fertility stage covered a range of topics focusing on support and the importance of looking after yourself from the inside out. It was a great opportunity for me to speak to a wide range of experts talking about how it's OK to talk about fertility, about what to do at work, the importance of looki…
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How does infertility impact your mental health?
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Meet my guest Natasha Devon, MBE who is on on a mission to save the nations mental health, she launched her charter in 2017 I found out about Natasha Devon, whilst working at Bauer, presenting on Hits Radio as she has been a part of a campaign called Wheres your head at and it was my interest in this, that lead on to the recent Grazia interview I g…
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How do I find a clinic that really cares?
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My guest Alpesh Doshi is a consultant Clinical Embryologist and a co-founder of IVF London. Alpesh is also a co-founder and director of the Embryology and PGD Academy and previously worked at the Centre for Reproductive and Genetic Health in the leading capacity as a Director of Embryology for 19 years and was pivotal in optimizing the success rate…
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Is it OK to share your TTC journey online?
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Thank you to my latest guest Jules Furness for sharing her story in my latest chat. We talked about how she dealt with a diagnosis as a teenager of Premature Ovarian reserve and then her decision to adopt. Jules started vlogging as a result of her Hubby being in the army and she wanted to share with him once she overcame the fear of posting online …
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How do I deal with the grief of not being able to get pregnant?
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I know World Childless Week was last week Hopefully, you heard my chat with Yvonne Jon and I'm continuing to talk a bit more on this topic as it certainly needs to be better understood by wider society. My two guests in this episode as they both bring two fascinating perspectives and have both written books bringing together a multitude of women's …
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What do I need to learn about my fertility?
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My guest today is Sarah Norcross, Director of the Progress Educational Trust (PET), Commissioning Editor of its flagship publication BioNews The Progress Educational Trust (PET) advances public understanding of science, law, and ethics in the fields of human genetics, assisted reproduction, embryology, and stem cell research. Its vision is to impro…
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Is The Fertility Show right for me?
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The Fertility Show Now in its tenth year, The Fertility Show is a two-day live event where you can meet with top fertility experts, clinics, doctors, and patients alike. It probably sounds pretty overwhelming and it can be if you don't make a plan, which is what I advise you to do. I didn't go to this when we were trying to conceive, to be honest, …
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How do I go about adopting a child?
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Choosing to adopt to start your family I'm always keen to share as much as I can with this podcast and if you didn't hear the last time I had a guest Cat Strawbridge as my guest host with her Insta Live episode about Solo Motherhood it's here. This is the second episode of Cat's series, where Nat shared her feelings about her and her husband's deci…
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How do I go about freezing my eggs?
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The Egg Whisperer Meet Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and host of the Egg Whisperer Show. Dr. Aimee has heard story after story from women and couples from all over the world about their struggles in trying to conceive. In her attempt to prevent more of these heartbreaking stories, she has gone on a mission to promote fe…
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How infertility made it to No.10
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Fertility Network, in partnership with Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness, is launching its loudest campaign – calling for fair access to fertility treatment – and here is a special bonus episode for the launch as we want you to be part of it. The screams of childbirth are loud. But the screams of frustration from not being able to have a child are just as…
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Why can’t I get pregnant?
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I met Yvonne at Fertility Fest 2018 She gave me a copy of her book 'Dreaming of a life Unlived' which I read in almost a single sitting and tears were shed. This is what we talked about in this episode. Yvonne is 44 years and 9 months old and on her journey of finding her plan B. 12 months ago, Yvonne learned that she would not become a mother whic…
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How to laugh about infertility and how to ask the right questions when meeting your consultant.
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This is Karen, aka Hilariously Infertile as you may well know her on Instagram where she's built an impressive audience of over 40k followers despite being told by a publisher who she approached about her book that there was no market for what she was trying to do.. well she sure has proven otherwise. Karen is going down the self-publishing route a…
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Should I have therapy before I start my treatment?
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Firstly do make sure you've liked The Ultimate Fertility Guide on Facebook as that is the very exciting home of our live stream interviews where you get to ask experts questions and we've got some brilliant people coming up for you to hear from. I've released two different interviews today, talking about the support available for you, when going th…
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Introducing Alice Rose - a lady on a mission
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If you've just started listening to my podcast, you might have found it on Apple Podcasts, from google, or maybe Instagram where the #TTC community is growing and growing. Meet Alice, another lady making waves on Insta with her support, her stories and she has written a book which I wanted to talk to her about. Alice recently hosted her first event…
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What are the best books to read when trying to conceive?
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Meet Amber who writes a brilliant blog She's my new guest book reviewer and makes her debut sharing some of the many fertility books she has read so far. As you can see she has quite a collection and I'm hoping we get to work our way through them, however, Amber is 31 weeks pregnant after being on her #TTC journey for three years. She was only diag…
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Could a fertility mentor help me?
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I spoke to Brad Ash after he had responded to a tweet I'd put out asking for Men to share their stories. If you've been following my podcast you'll probably know that I'm always keen to tell Men's stories as we had to have ICSI to have our little boy and at the time my husband wasn't keen to talk about it. He's better at it now, but that's mainly d…
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Can a Naturopath help me conceive? Gabriela Rose talks about her work
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Gabriela Rosa is one of Australia's leading fertility experts. Through her clinic leads a talented team of university-trained, science-focused naturopaths, to run various fertility programs. She has personally overcome infertility twice and as a result, has a deep understanding and empathy for her patients. Her mission is to make a global impact on…
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Would you wear pants that could track your fertility?
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Rachel Vrabec and Gaby Ruiz-Funes have been doing some fascinating research into how we track our fertility and I wanted to speak to the pair to hear what they had found out and why they were doing it. Technology is such a massive part of our lives, I wanted to know what feedback they had from people regarding how they are tracking their fertility,…
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What is the best way to optimise my fertility?
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Ivary describes itself as the fertility hub of the 21st century, designed to offer all the information you need along your fertility journey. This caught my attention and I was keen to find out more about this new company, launched in April 2017. ivary makes make cutting-edge scientific research relevant, accessible, and human. Giving you important…
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How sharing illustrations of a TTC journey created an amazing Instagram community
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A lesson in how to illustrate your infertility, perfectly. Instagram has an amazing #TTC community which I've been getting to know and my guest in this episode is a lovely lady called Christine McDonough who has been sharing her work since August 2017. She's just passed 1k followers and if you have a look, you will see why. Her pictures capture the…
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Where can you learn more about your fertility?
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Professor Joyce Harper wants more dialogue to be happening around fertility and joined me to explain a new coalition of leading doctors, fertility experts, and campaigners which is on a mission to shift the education on sex education to include fertility education in British schools. Professor Joyce Harper wants more dialogue to be happening around…
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When does fertility coaching really come in handy?
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My guest Sarah Banks is a fertility coach who decided to quit her stressful job having experienced a real drop in the support offered to people going through fertility treatment, after a failed cycle. Sarah and her husband spent six years dealing with infertility before having her first child. She decided to leave her job and fertility and retrain …
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Do we know enough about Endometriosis now Lena Denham is talking about her hysterectomy in Vogue?
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Emma Cox is the CEO of Endometriosis UK and we've spoken on this podcast before which you can have a listen to here. I also spoke to Claire who tweets as @EndoLady about her challenges living with the disease. I'm delighted to say, Claire is now pregnant after dealing with Endometriosis and Adenomyosis for years. Ahead of our chat, Emma had been bu…
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How do you deal with the waiting when you are TTC?
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This is a longer episode, compelled to share it all as my two guests are both women, still trying to have their families who have created two very different books to share. Meet Anna German, her book is called 'So when are you going to have kids. I can hear you sigh, yes that question that the world feels entitled to ask you because you're not yet …
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How do you cope when you get to your 6th cycle of IVF?
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I first heard Sophie talking about her IVF journey on BBC Radio 4. I was stood in the kitchen with my hubby and we were both intrigued by what she was going to share.. in our chat, Sophie explains her decision to share with the public her sixth cycle of IVF and how along with her husband Jonny, they are both now openly speaking out about their infe…
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How do you look after your mental health when trying to conceive?
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Kathryn Orme writes a blog called Strength through Infertility In our chat, we talk about the difficult journey Kathryn has been on with her mental health, the impact of her infertility from failed cycles of fertility treatment. How they caused her such sadness, so isolated and like an 'utter failure'. Kathryn felt she was the problem, causing the …
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Can you get a grant for IVF treatment?
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Pamela Hirsh was inspired to create the Baby Quest Foundation after seeing her daughter struggle to conceive. For nearly three years Pamela watched her daughter and son-in-law deal with recurrent miscarriage and then discover she was unable to carry a child herself and needed a surrogate. Pamela talks about ' the demon of infertility and the issue …
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What is MRKH - Andreia Trigo shares her story?
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As you will hear in our chat, Andreia is a remarkable woman. I know I say this a lot but I'm constantly finding more and more inspirational folk, overcoming the issues thrown at them by infertility. Having found at 17 she had Mayer Rokitansky Küster Hauser (MRKH), which meant she had no uterus and her vagina was short. Andreia had to digest an incr…
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How does Cystic Fibrosis affect your fertility?
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Sorry for the slight delay with this episode, I've been in London at The Fertility Show which was great, and if you've been thinking about going, in this chat with Jessica Jones you'll hear how it helped her and her husband make a few decisions along the way. Jessica writes a blog called Infertility and Life which I highly recommend you have a look…
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What happens if we need to abandon a cycle?
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Jen writes a blog called Hoping TTC We met online after I saw her tweeting about starting a Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET) and I wanted her to share her story on her journey to have her first child. You'll hear Jen sharing the sad truths about how she felt the clinic showed a lack of compassion in how she and her husband have been treated, how they d…
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What is fertility treatment like in Greece?
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How about a trip to Greece for your fertility treatment? I met with New Life Greece, who was in London to do some 1-2-1 meetings with potential clients and to talk more about their clinic and what they offer. Research conducted by the clinic looking into the number of people looking into treatment abroad showed 507,000 searches for 'IVF Abroad'. As…
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Can you get pregnant naturally after infertility?
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Episode 103 takes you on a journey from getting pregnant to how you then feel. I wasn't sure whether to combine these two chats, but I hope you agree it works, as I wanted to touch base with Maureen Brown from Mosie Baby. It's been a year since Maureen and her hubby Marc launched Mosie baby You can hear a previous chat with Maureen and Marc, which …
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