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Pursuing Other Meaningful Life Goals
It is not worth spending all that time on nothing but childbirth! I certainly don’t want my whole life spent on nothing but childbirth! For many people, developing and pursuing other life goals results in higher acceptance of their unmet desire for children and, in the longer-term, better adjustment. However,…
Acceptance
Compared with others, our experience is not that easy, it’s difficult. However, we will let it go because we need to continue with our life. Reaching acceptance takes time and many people sustain a strong hope to have (more) children and feel unwilling or unable to accept their situation for…
Meaning making
Infertility has sent me on a spiritual journey in search of my lost soul. When faced with loss, people will always try to make meaning of their situation. The search for meaning implies reaching some form of understanding of why things happened and what is their impact in one’s life.…
Three Important Things
In order to adjust and renew their sense of hope towards the future, people need to actively engage in these three tasks. They are not achievements, but unfolding processes that require daily active efforts in order to ‘move on’ with life. These tasks are also strongly related with each other…
Finding More To Life: A Self-Help Guide
If you are reading this you probably have a strong unfulfilled desire to have (more) children. As such, you may be faced with one of life’s hardest challenges and may be experiencing a huge sense of loss and grief. This self-help guide[i] aims to enable you to help yourself, by…
Support Materials
Sofia Gameiro is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Psychology, Cardiff University. She has degrees in Mathematics – Computer Science and Clinical Psychology and a PhD in Health Psychology. Sofia has been conducting research on the psychosocial aspects of infertility for over ten years. On the following pages Support…
The Long Road to Baby BBC Radio Podcast
In this series of podcasts, Sophie Sulehria and her husband Jonny discuss topics such as their attempts to have a baby, the idea of adopting from overseas and consider a life without children on their own. To listen to the podcast please click here.
Fertility Fairness Audit
England’s clinical commission groups are rationing access to NHS fertility services by setting their own access criteria, including male body mass index (BMI) and age, according to latest figures released by campaign group Fertility Fairness at the start of Fertility Week 29 October – 4 November. These additional access…
Watch the #Scream4IVF rally live video!
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Fertili-Tea Quiz
FertiliTea Quiz Instructions FertiliTea Quiz Player Sheet FertiliTea Quiz Answer Sheet
Fertility Week Cake Sale
Fertility Week is a chance to challenge the taboos and myths around infertility and raise awareness of the devastating physical, emotional and social impact fertility problems wreak. Together – sharing stories and experiences – we can change perceptions, signpost support and raise funds to help others. Together we are stronger.…
‘Tiny Feet’ Derry/Londonderry Group – Fertili-Tea
Come to our Fertili-Tea and quiz! Join us for a cuppa, help raise awareness about fertility issues, have some fun, relax & enjoy a fertility chat with friends. Address: Sainsbury’s Cafe, 150, Strand Rd, Derry BT48 7TL Date: 24th October Time: 5:30-8pm For more info please text Hilary at 07596 290335 or…
Fertility Counselling Service Northern Ireland Conference
Becoming a Family with the Help of a Donor. For anyone thinking about fertility treatment with donation and any professional working with people affected by infertility. Address: Malone Lodge Hotel, Belfast BT9 6DY. Date: Saturday 10th November, 10-4pm. To book: https://goo.gl/n1X2r9 Ticket cost applies. For more info please text Hilary at…
Regional Fertility Clinic Canteen – Fertili-Tea
Come to our Fertili-Tea and quiz! Join us for a cuppa, help raise awareness about fertility issues, have some fun, relax and enjoy a fertility chat with friends. Address: Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast Date: Friday November 30th, 10:30-12:30pm For more info please text Hilary at 07596 290335 or email hilary@fertilitynetworkuk.org
Living Life To The Full
‘Life to the Full’. Free 5 week course CBT Life Skills programme from Aware to help the emotional roller coaster of a fertility journey. From 11-1pm. Address: Dunngannon Library, Dungannon, Northern Ireland. Limited places so booking essential. For more info please text Hilary at 07596 290335 or email hilary@fertilitynetworkuk.org Upcoming dates: 2nd February…
The Fertility Show
Now in its tenth year, The Fertility Show is the only live event that lets you meet with top fertility experts, clinics, doctors and patients alike. Taking place at Olympia London, entry tickets to the Show cost £12 per day, or buy a weekend ticket for £20. All seminars cost just £3…
Heather’s Story
My life changed the minute I hit my twenties. I had always dreamt of having a family with two children and now infertility has stolen that from me. What is already an impossible situation has been made much harder by the lack of understanding and care in this field. I…
Scheduled More To Life Meet Ups
To find the latest Scheduled More To Life Meet Up please click here.
More To Life Meet Ups
More to Life Meet Ups provide an opportunity to meet others who are also facing the challenges of childlessness such as feelings of loss, sadness and social isolation. Our volunteers are able to draw on their own personal journey to create a more positive social experience. Scheduled Meet Ups Please…
Y Diwrnod Gwybodaeth a Lles Ffrwythlondeb – Cymru
Caerdydd. Dydd Sadwrn, 1 Rhagfyr 2018. 10am – 3.30pm Ymunwch â ni am wybodaeth, cymorth a chyngor arbenigol, i gyd mewn un lle, yn y digwyddiad ffrwythlondeb a lles mwyaf a mwyaf cynhwysfawr yng Nghymru. Gwrandewch ar sgyrsiau ar sawl agwedd ar ffrwythlondeb, maethiad a lles emosiynol. Trafodwch opsiynau…