This is a real treat of an episode, we managed to catch the wonderful BFN girls, Gabby and Emma for a chat!

BFN is amongst the OG fertility podcasts, and became an absolute beacon of light for Sian and myself in our trying days. They are funny, frank, and informative and through their incredibly successful podcast they have amassed some incredible guests. They also happen to be two of the loveliest humans you could meet.

A quick trigger warning, both Gabby and Emma's stories did end in IVF success but we don't speak much about their pregnancies or babies in this episode.

This was recorded a couple of months ago, during Catherine's last two week wait, and we had meant to release it before now, but life threw us a curveball with our pregnancy loss, so it was put on the back burner. If anything seems a little out of date that is why.

You can find BFN on social media, podcasts, and also read or listen to their brilliant book. They are currently taking a summer break from their substack but will be back in the autumn.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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TW: This episode contains discussion of miscarriage and medical/surgical management of miscarriage.

We also briefly touch on Sian's successful pregnancy in a couple of places momentarily.

The episode we never wanted to have to record. We sadly discuss here Catherine and Carl's recent miscarriage. It's an emotional and real chat, as ever - we bring you everything, warts and all. However we manage some light and shade too.

We are sending love to anyone affected by pregnancy or baby loss.

Links for miscarriage support below:

https://theworstgirlgangever.co.uk/

https://www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk/

https://www.tommys.org/

https://www.sands.org.uk/

https://www.lullabytrust.org.uk/bereavement-support/practical-advice/places-to-go-for-support/

TW: This episode contains discussion of a positive pregnancy test after a successful frozen embryo transfer.

In this episode, Sian and Catherine discuss Catherine's BFP after her recent embryo transfer. We discuss the various feelings involved in early pregnancy after IVF and the future of the podcast (don't worry, it will NOT become a pregnancy pod!)

To anyone struggling and still waiting for their good news, we are sending you so much love.

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Catherine is deep in the two week wait following her second embryo transfer, and what better time to bring you a TWW survival guide with the wonderful Carly Garrett.

We discuss why the two week wait, both in natural trying and IVF is such a heavy time and the feelings associated with this, and Carly offers some excellent strategies and techniques to help cope.

Carly's work offers so much support for those going through this tricky time and we hope you find this a soothing episode with some helpful advice.

You can find more of Carly at her website: https://www.carlygarrett.co.uk/

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In this episode we chat to Katie Rollings, the founder of Fertility Action. We discuss Katie's tireless work campaigning for NHS equality in access to IVF, and her work in patient support and Fertility Action's newly awarded charity status! Katie is an absolute firecracker and it was inspiring talking to her.

To support quality in NHS fertility treatment, you can sign the petition here.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/711621

We also discuss Catherine's recent second frozen embryo transfer, the first attempt since her failed round in February.

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In this episode we speak to Jennifer Edmonds, founder of Element Pilates & Yoga all the way in Australia! Jen shares her own fertility journey, whilst telling us about her background in exercise science, and how yoga was a game changer for her own fertility story,

Her free fertility yoga guide can be found here:

https://jennifer-edmonds.mykajabi.com/fertilityyogaguide

We also catch up with Catherine's transfer prep and hear how her pre-transfer scan went.

In this episode, Sian and Catherine get stuck into answering all the questions you've been asking over on our Instagram page. We discuss Catherine's current medicated round prep and hopefully there's some nuggets of advice for everyone in our Q&A.

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TW: This episode contains discussion of secondary infertility and dealing with trauma.

In this episode, Catherine and Sian chat to the brilliant Dr Grace Lee-Brindle, aka. The Not So Fertile Psychologist on Instagram. Grace talks us through her own journey navigating secondary infertility, and also about her work as a clinical psychologist specialising in fertility support.

Grace's own practice, Hope In Mind Psychology can be found at glbpsychology.co.uk. On Instagram you can find her as @thenotsofertilepsychologist.

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TW: This episode contains mention of TFMR and pregnancy loss.

In this episode, Sian and Catherine catch up on Catherine's latest IVF news. We then speak to the wonderful Emma Whitney, AKA the Embryologist, Director of Embryology and Genetics at The Evewell Fertility Clinic. Emma speaks to us all about her work as an embryologist, her own journey to building her family and answers some of our top questions.

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We are back for a second series!

In this episode, Catherine and Sian discuss Catherine's prep for a natural frozen embryo transfer, although it isn't as plain sailing as we'd have hoped.

Sian has had a recent trip to the breast clinic (all fine, luckily) - another unwanted side effect of IVF!

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