Welcome to Season 4 of the Paths to Parenthub Podcast!

In this opening episode, Becky and Hayley take you with them on a deeply personal and eye opening journey to Ovacy, an overseas egg bank in Cyprus. This season is unlike anything we’ve shared before, candid, reflective, and rooted in real time experiences.

A key focus of this episode is Becky and Hayley exploring the fact that Ovacy now supplies donor eggs to HFEA regulated clinics in the UK, and unpacking what that means in practice for intended parents and families formed through donor conception. From donor recruitment and screening, to regulation, transport, and the way UK clinics work with overseas egg banks, they break down a process that is often misunderstood.

This episode sets the scene for the season ahead, offering transparency around overseas fertility care, donor egg pathways, and addressing the questions so many people back home are asking but rarely get clear answers to.

Whether you’re considering donor eggs through a UK clinic, exploring overseas options, supporting someone who is, or simply want to better understand how these systems work together, this season - and specifically this first episode is for you.

In this episode, we explore:

• Why Becky and Hayley chose to visit an overseas egg bank

• Ovacy’s role in supplying Open ID donor eggs to HFEA regulated UK clinics

• What that pathway looks like for UK patients

• First impressions of Ovacy in Cyprus

• What they saw behind the scenes

• Honest reflections on the emotional impact of being there

• What they want intended parents back home to know

This season is about education, openness, and lived experience, and it starts here.

Series 4 of the Paths to Parenthub podcast is proudly supported by Ovacy Egg Bank. For more information about Ovacy please head over to their website .

https://ovacy.com/. For information about the ISIS fertility clinic please see their website https://isisclinic.com/

mentions in episode include the bbc article re sperm donor breaching family limits https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgmy90z991o.amp

eshre draft proposal to introduce international family limits on donation, have your say https://www.eshre.eu/Europe/Position-statements/Stakeholder-review?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPMTI0MDI0NTc0Mjg3NDE0AAGnqjeZPePuWQDWZetsXB0zKRZ-hdsJKCdcO5byAUhk4Gm37F02eKtu1EoWQsI_aem_2lavQnKin96jdUrHMKzLmw