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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In this episode, Sian and Catherine catch up on Catherine's recent IVF updates as she prepares for another embryo transfer following a first failed round.

We also chat about the difficult day that is Mother's Day and ways to cope with it when experiencing infertility.

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We will be back very soon with series 2!

TW: This episode contains discussion of a positive pregnancy test.

In this episode, Catherine and Sian discuss the outcome of Sian's first round of IVF, which has been successful. We talk about Sian's news and how to delicately and sensitively handle this going forward within the infertility community. We also discuss how news like this can impact a friendship when one person has good news whilst the other is struggling. We give some advice as to how we are handling it, and things that might help listeners cope with friends' pregnancy announcements.

It is important for us to say that this remains a TTC and infertility podcast, and we will now not be mentioning Sian's pregnancy as a rule. We will focus on Catherine's continued IVF treatment and the stories of the wider infertility community, and we are dedicated to this remaining a safe and comforting space to those struggling. We will always use trigger warnings when needed too if any discussion of pregnancy needs to be had.