Christmas can be a tricky time when you're TTC and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. There can be fear and guilt around eating and drinking, and problems with boundaries with family and friends. The supposed "joy of Christmas" can amplify loss and grief and the end of the year can be hard as it marks the passing of time. 

I am joined by Fertility Nutritionist Kirsty Harrison. We don't have all the answers, but we do have some helpful information and suggestions that we hope helps.

We discuss:

If you’d like more support please see our webinar on our community on navigating Christmas. It includes more nutrition from Kirsty, advice on boundaries from me and some lovely self care techniques from our fertility coach Carly. Follow the Facebook link to join.

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Lucy Lines is an independent embryologist, fertility educator and IVF patient advocate.

Her goal is to help people navigate the often complicated road of IVF treatment. In this episode we discuss:

You can follow Lucy on instagram.

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Jessica Bourke (AKA The Fertility Detective) provides a unique, individualised service that is founded on her in-depth knowledge of all aspects of fertility, whether trying to conceive assisted or non-assisted. In this episode we discuss the issues around fertility investigations, unexplained infertility and the gaps between GP care and fertility clinics.

We discuss:

You can follow Jessica on Instagram here

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There are an increasing number of people who are traveling abroad for IVF treatment. We discuss this with Emma from Your IVF Abroad, who had treatment abroad and now works supporting people who are considering this option.

We discuss:

Emma has lots of free help - downloadable guides, a blog and podcast on fertility treatment abroad in Europe and an online pharmacy service, all of which you can access via this link.https://linktr.ee/Yourivfabroad?fbclid=PAAaY_kQaKMBDH4tNj2QuzVPcI_J14s0dDue6rHHjtY4QUHAPNNI6n3qOlgNk

Don't know where to start? download her free short step by step guide to the process of having fertility treatment abroad via the link below.https://www.yourivfabroad.co.uk/step-by-step-guide-to-having-fertility-treatment-in-europe

Or book a Pick My Brain call to ask all of your questions and to come away with clarity and a plan for next steps.https://www.yourivfabroad.co.uk/pick-my-brain
Here is the link to Emma's website and Instagram account.

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We are joined by the formidable Claire Mooney, who is on a mission to improve investigations and treatment in male reproductive health. She is a consultant embryologist and medical director of Fertility Solutions. Claire specialises in male fertility and believes we need to work with men more to improve fertility rates with both natural and assisted conception.

We discuss

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This week we are discussing genetic testing including karyotyping and PGT-A testing with Kathryn Hawes. Kathryn is a senior embryologist and genetic lead at the Lister clinic. And has kindly done talks for our community group and team of practitioners on the role of embryology in assisted conception.

We discuss 

If you'd like to hear more from Kathryn you can watch back her presentation for us in our Community Group.

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I am not sure Ceci needs an introduction but if you don't know Ceci and her work then she describes herself as "an infertility, anxiety and grief survivor who has spent years as a qualified fertility coach working with hundreds of people around the world to restore their emotional well-being as they're trying to conceive."

Ceci offers support 121 and through her collective and campaigns hard on breaking the stigma, raising awareness and changing the narrative around a fertility struggle.

In this episode we discuss:

Links are here to find out more about working with Ceci and if you have never seen her Instagram page, check it out, she does the very best reels.

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There has been a huge rise in the popularity in freezing eggs over the last 5 years. COVID is thought to be a huge factor that impacted this. Statistics show a rise of nearly 50% of enquiries into egg freezing since 2020. So what's it all about, what's involved and how does it work? To discuss this I am joined by Rebecca who is the Patient Services Manager at The Evewell. She is a registered midwife and has supported many people through their treatment. And she has recently frozen her own eggs, so shares both her professional and personal expriences.

We discuss:

To find out more about egg freezing see the HFEA

Sarah Banks is an experienced Personal Development Coach and best-selling author who specialises in supporting women through the challenging stages of their life. Having been through her own fertility struggles, Sarah knew first hand that there wasn't enough support for her as she went through treatment. Fast forward the years and Sarah has developed the planner to help people reprioritise themselves and their emotional wellbeing. Their purpose is to help people feel happier, more in control and able to prioritise what is important their mental health.

See here to find out more and register for Sarah's course. And for her support groups see here: IVF Support - https://www.facebook.com/groups/ivfsupportsarahbanks TTC Support UK - https://www.facebook.com/groups/ttcsupportuk

And for The IVF Positivity Planner see here.

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