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All in Fertility
Misaligned delivery of sexual health, fertility and contraception services are forcing individuals to face delays in receiving the care they need.
World IVF Day on Saturday (25th July) marks the 48th birthday of Louise Brown, the world's first IVF baby - and provides an opportunity to reflect on how dramatically the fertility landscape has changed over the last five decades.
A couple who met while studying at Bristol University have just become proud parents to a baby boy with the assistance of Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM) after facing ‘unexplained’ infertility.
A Somerton woman who had both fallopian tubes removed in separate operations due to ectopic pregnancies, has said how grateful she is for the miracle of assisted fertility treatment and the skill of the team at Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM).
A Royal Wotton Bassett couple who met at work have just become parents to a baby daughter despite a vasectomy carried out during the husband’s first marriage, thanks to a gift from the wife’s father.
A Cheltenham couple whose very first round of IVF produced just one embryo suitable for implantation are thanking their lucky stars they have the baby they hoped for anyway.
A Bristol fertility clinic, BCRM, proved a magnet for same-sex couple Emma and Laura Poulliquen, even though their home is in Jersey.
Global fertility leaders have launched a new campaign highlighting the need for urgent action to support employees’ fertility well-being and future generations.
Amid falling global fertility rates, school sex education should be expanded to cover both contraception and ways to safeguard reproductive health, it is claimed.
A new pathway for patients receiving fertility treatment has been launched at Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM), providing an innovative single point of access to make their experience as seamless as possible.
Staff at Bristol fertility clinic BCRM have received a timely thank-you from a Portishead couple who on Christmas Day will mark the first anniversary of the start of their IVF journey and are “over the moon” to be sharing this year’s festivities with their 14-week-old IVF “miracle baby” Noah.
The difficulty of making a choice based on success-rate information which is already a year out of date when published can complicate the decision-making process for would-be parents looking to choose a fertility clinic to help them have a baby.
Natalie and Andrew Thompson’s first baby, Oscar was conceived within three months of trying, so when they decided to try for a second baby after their son turned one, they weren’t expecting any problems that time either.
Bath residents considering fertility treatment have been invited to attend a free open evening at Sulis Hospital in Peasedown St John for an ‘Expert Insights’ evening on Tuesday 25 November, where the focus will be on helping audience members understand the potential solutions available if they are struggling to conceive.
A pair of first-time IVF parents from Bristol credit work colleagues who introduced them to a fertility clinic where they got “answers we didn’t know we needed” for the arrival of their baby son.
Louise Brown, the world's first IVF baby, has joined a global initiative as an ambassador, helping to raise awareness of falling fertility rates and the need for better access to care. The 47-year-old from Bristol has joined the International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS) as a champion for the organisation’s More Joy campaign.
When Katie Meacham and Elliot Curtis-Whitfield had difficulties conceiving a baby, 33-year-old Katie wasn’t surprised: she is among the 10 per cent of women in the UK living with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and, in common with one in four PCOS sufferers, she also has an underactive thyroid.
Colleen Kennedy and Chris Weaver’s first baby was born in 2014, when she was 30 and he was 29: a natural conception after a year of trying. But when they were ready for baby number two the couple were dismayed that Colleen didn’t fall pregnant and perplexed when tests arranged by their GP couldn’t explain why.
