#TalkFertility

From 1 April 2023, women aged 40-42 will not be able to access NHS IVF but single women and transgender people will be able to for the first time. Although a public consultation revealed that people wanted the number of IVF cycles to rise from the current 1 partial cycle…

No one ever talks about infertility and what happens if you are unable to have a baby. For many years you welcome ‘Aunt Flo’, all while keeping pharmacies in business. But no one discusses the disappointment and grief when she continues to visit you every month when you are ready.…

I have always wanted to be a mum and I thought I’d meet someone in my twenties, get married and have children. However, I found myself at 36, single and childless. People’s comments were: ‘The clock is ticking’, ‘You will meet someone’, ‘Lots of people your age don’t have children’.…

People come to adoption for a lot of different reasons. For an increasing number, it’s their number one choice because of concerns for the limitations of our planet to provide for a growing population. Others have cultural or religious motivations, are in a same-sex relationship or are building on a…

I decided to take this path after not having met anyone I saw a long-term future with for a long time, and really wanting to be a mum. I wasn’t willing to settle for just anyone in order to have a child. I used to joke through my 20s that…

Every patient that walks through our fertility door does so full of hope for the future and potential parenthood. If I had to discuss the emotional and rocky roller coaster their journey was about to take, would our patients sign up? Absolutely, of course they would. As a nurse of…

Are you suffering because you don’t have the children you wish to have? Have you recently been faced with this possibility? Have you been struggling with it for a while and don’t know how to move on? MyJourney can help you. MyJourney is a free self-help programme to help you…