fertility matters

If you’re going to The Fertility Show at London’s Olympia tomorrow, do come and say hello.  I’m speaking at 11.45 about choosing a clinic,...

It may sound incredible, but apparently people are having to come up with ever more inventive ways to fund their fertility treatment in th...

When plans for an IVF lottery were announced here in the UK, the overall response was far from positive with questions raised about the et...

One of the most alarming moments in an IVF cycle - for me at least - was standing up for the first time after embryo transfer.  I could ne...

Anyone going through fertility treatment wants to maximise their chances of success, and you may have heard that opting for ICSI will mean...

When the levels of compensation for egg donors were increased, it was generally welcomed as a good move.  £750 was seen to be an acceptable ...

It's hard not to get excited about stories like today's news of Japanese scientists successfully creating embryos from skin cells wh...

Well, yes it's still great that Scotland is investing in fertility services, but the announcement was swiftly followed by the news that ...

Great news if you live in Scotland where the Scottish government is investing 12 million pounds in fertility services over the next three ye...

I was really sorry to have to miss the recent debate organised by Progress Educational Trust on the future of the HFEA, and so was pleased ...

It's nearly that time of year again... I've just been sent posters and flyers for The Fertility Show , which this year runs over th...

For some time, women who are very overweight have been told that they have a reduced chance of success with IVF - and in some areas have...

There have been a number of articles about "mild" or "soft" IVF in the last few months, all suggesting that the higher d...

I was hugely heartened by the recent research, published in the journal Fertility and Sterility (awful title but it's an academic journa...

An interesting new piece of research has looked at the effectiveness of freezing all the embryos created during an IVF cycle and then replac...

Anyone going through fertility treatment wants to try to maximise their chances of success, and a number of new reports out today suggest th...

I hadn't read about the sad death of Lesley Brown, mother of the first ever IVF baby Louise Brown, earlier this month.  It makes you rea...

I just came across a website where fertility drugs were being bought and sold, apparently from one fertility patient to another.  Judging by...

Have you noticed how every IVF story begins with a couple's "desperate bid" for a child? Perhaps that should be every cliche-r...

If you haven't seen this video yet, it's worth watching - just to reassure yourself that you're not the only person to have com...