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Infertility is a painful journey, and it’s not a journey you ever thought you’d have to take. It requires strength, determination, courage and faith. The road is bumpy, you break down on many [...]

‘This is trying to conceive: real life experiences from the TTC community.’ – Sheila Lamb To sum up this book in one word – empathy. “Now, that I’m telling you I’m [...]

‘What is missing?’ – Michael Frank  “And besides, a thorn is lodged in my heart and there are days when I am finding it difficult to breathe.” Costanza Ansaldo, [...]

Having spent the last 15 years working in assisted reproduction, I must have spoken to thousands of patients battling infertility. From experience, I know this is the hardest holiday to endure on [...]

Life can be bitter-sweet. “In the midst of life, we are in death” is an often quoted first line of a medieval monks’ chant. This reminds us that the two central mysteries of life, birth and [...]

It used to be that women without a uterus, or with a greatly damaged uterus, stood no chance of pregnancy. The medical term for this condition is AUFI (Absolute Uterine Factor Infertility). It is [...]

Around 12% of couples in the US report difficulty in conceiving a child or sustaining pregnancy until birth. Many couples therefore require IVF to conceive. But IVF is expensive, and this creates [...]

“Do fibroids cause infertility?” A question we often get asked by patients and it transpires that little is known by patients about this condition. What are fibroids? Formally [...]