Fertility Network Scotland offers face to face support as well as digital support via our closed WhatsApp and Facebook Groups.
ONLINE PEER SUPPORT GROUPS
If you’re based in Scotland and navigating your fertility journey, you’re not alone. Fertility Network UK offers supportive, private Facebook and WhatsApp communities where you can connect with others who truly understand.
Our peer support groups offer a chance to chat and share experiences with others who are also struggling to conceive. They are a space to share your journey and listen to others’ experiences and provide mutual support and an opportunity to learn from others. You can participate as much, or as little, as you wish.
The groups are monitored by Fertility Network staff and volunteers. Everyone in the groups understands the struggles in trying to conceive.
If you’re struggling to conceive naturally, join our private Fertility Network Scotland TTC Facebook group.
If you are about to start or currently going through fertility treatment, join our private Fertility Network Scotland – TTC (IVF/ICSI/IUI) Facebook group.
If you’re part of the LGBTQ+ community and live in Scotland, join our private Scotland LGBTQ+ Facebook group.
For more details on our WhatsApp groups, please email scotland@fertilitynetworkuk.org
WALK AND TALK GROUP
Our Walk & Talks are an ideal way to connect face-to-face with others on a fertility journey to find companionship and support, whilst getting out in nature. These are facilitated by a Fertility Network UK volunteer and always close to a coffee shop for shelter and a cuppa.
The walks happen on the first Sunday of each month at 10.30am and take place in Glasgow & Edinburgh, rotating around different green spaces and parks each month.
For details of the next Walk & Talk and how to join, please visit our events page or email scotland@fertilitynetworkuk.org
Other Support Available
FERTILITY IN THE WORKPLACE
Fertility in the Workplace (FiTW) supports the new directive which has come into force for those affected by pregnancy loss in Scotland, England and Wales, which aims to support and protect employees with
recommendations for two week’s leave to be offered by employers. For details of the new directive click here
HEALTH AND WELLBEING PROGRAMMES
We offer mindfulness, nutrition and yoga wellbeing programmes. View our upcoming courses here
Watch our 4-week course on supporting nutrition for weight loss with Sarah Trimble below. This programme is supported by the Scottish Government Maternal and Infant Health Branch and aims to improve Health and Wellbeing services in relation to infertility, maternity and neonatal services across Scotland.
You can view the full playlist on our YouTube Channel here.
LEARN ABOUT FERTILITY ISSUES
To better understand your own fertility and fertility treatment, we have a number of Fertility Factsheets that
you are able to download for free here; these factsheets contain expert advice.
You can also watch recorded webinars with experts and our YouTube channel has a wealth of expert information that you can access for free here
This programme is supported by the Scottish Government Maternal and Infant Health Branch and aims to improve Health and Wellbeing services in relation to infertility, maternity and neonatal services across Scotland.