Embracing Life: Choosing to Be Childless by Choice
‘Life happens when you choose to quit IVF’ by Emma Kemsley It’s evening and a gentle warm breeze floats through the evening air. The hum of crickets is my soundtrack.…
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Everything I wish I knew before I had a TFMR
by Emma Kemsley “I’m sorry, there’s nothing we can do to help your baby.” Those were the words I heard after a long ultrasound, peak pandemic, before being placed in…
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Groundbreaking drug could slow the aging process & extend women’s fertility
Researchers in the US are investigating the use of a drug currently used in cancer treatment and for preventing organ rejection in kidney transplant recipients. It’s believed ‘rapamycin’ might delay menopause…
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Options for Navigating Cancer and Fertility
If you’ve received the shock diagnosis that you have cancer and would like to be a mother one day, don’t give up hope. Science now has numerous options to help preserve…
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Can hot weather affect you TTC?
We’re seeing heatwaves around the world this summer with holidaymakers in places like Greece struggling with temperatures close to 40 degrees. The one good thing about these sweltering temperatures is…
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How to Improve Egg Quality Naturally
If you’re on a journey to conceive, you’ve likely come across the term “egg quality.” This crucial aspect of fertility refers to the health and viability of a woman’s eggs,…
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Compensation for Sperm and Egg Donors set to rise.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has proposed an increase in the compensation given to sperm and egg donors across the UK. The suggested revision, follows deliberations at a…
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Why quitting IVF and relocating was the best thing to happen to me
By Emma Kemsley At what point do you stop IVF? After two failed cycles? Three, four, six? The truth is, once you start, it’s hard to stop. I was staring…
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Alabama’s Supreme Court Classifies Frozen Embryos as Children
The decision to brand embryos as children has caused an uproar in the fertility community. It’s been brought about because of a few cases where embryos have been accidentally destroyed,…
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HFEA Develops A New Data Comparison Tool
In a pioneering move the UK fertility regulatory body, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, has developed a new data comparison tool to help us learn more about the data…
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