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  • 24th
    Apr
    2012

    How did you feel about needing infertility treatment?

    What were your feelings when you realised that having a baby wouldn’t be as easy as you expected? Frustrated? Helpless? You’re not alone. A new survey conducted by researchers at Oxford University indicates that many couples are often unprepared for infertility and uninformed about their options.

    Through interviews with both women and men aged between 25 and 40, it seems that many couples wished they had known the toll infertility treatment was going to take on them both physic...

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  • 26th
    Jul
    2011

    IVF cannot compensate for delays in having children

    Women need to be told about the risks they face in putting off having children, according to a recent article in academic journal The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist.

    The published paper warned about the risks women face in delaying having children, urging that ‘increasing public awareness of reproductive ageing must be the priority’.

    There’s no doubt that childbearing ages are becoming older as women put off having children due to lifestyle or work, but as the article confi...

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  • 21st
    Jan
    2011

    Endometriosis and infertility

    Endometriosis is thought to affect up to two million women in the UK. If you’re one of them, you may be concerned about how the condition can affect your fertility.

    What is endometriosis?

    Endometriosis is where cells similar to those in the lining of your uterus grow elsewhere in the body. These cells react every month as those in your uterus do during your period, meaning the cells grow and bleed. As the blood has no way of leaving the body, it causes inflammation and pain, and scar tiss...

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  • 8th
    Nov
    2010

    Is the infertility 'industry' exploiting women?

    A recent article in the media - written incidentally by a woman in her 40’s has just had her first baby naturally so as such isn’t affected by infertility issues herself - labelled the IVF and reproductive medicine industry as ‘exploitative’, claiming it puts profits before human emotions...

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  • 19th
    Oct
    2010

    Struggling to conceive a second baby?

    Myleene Klass has been in the media this week talking about her 18-month struggle to conceive a second child. The TV presenter, who recently announced her pregnancy, says it was extremely difficult to get pregnant a second time, and was considering IVF after months of no success. But on the advice of her doctor, decided to continue trying for a few more months, eventually resulting in pregnancy without the need for infertility treatment...

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  • 3rd
    Aug
    2010

    HFEA to be axed - What this means for patients

    The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, responsible for the regulation of fertility clinics and the use of embryos and sperm in treatment, is to be closed down by the Government.

    Health secretary Andrew Lansley announced that the HFEA is amongst a group of health watchdog bodies which will be merged or culled in an effort to save costs and red tape within the NHS.

    The HFEA will continue its work for the time being, but will transfer its functions to other bodies by the end of the cur...

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  • 23rd
    Jul
    2010

    Have your say on fertility issues

    Are you undergoing infertility treatment, or have had infertility treatment? The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) wants to hear from you. In the ‘Have Your Say’ consultation, the HFEA is inviting those going through, or who have had, infertility treatment to comment on their care...

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  • 5th
    May
    2010

    Open Evening for Couples who need to use a Sperm Donor

    Private infertility clinic Manchester Fertility Services is holding an open evening on Thursday 20 May to give couples who need to use a sperm donor the chance to find out more information about the treatment. The event at the clinic, based at the Bridgewater Hospital on Princess Road in the city centre, is open to anyone - whether they are same-sex couples, single women or couples where the male partner has a sperm disorder...

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  • 16th
    Mar
    2010

    The IVF Process - what will happen?

    Now you know what fertility treatment you need, the next question is often ‘what happens next?’. Put simply, IVF is when your eggs are retrieved and fertilised in a laboratory with semen from your partner or a donor. The resulting embryos are then transferred into your uterus to begin growing as in a normal pregnancy...

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