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Thinking about freezing your eggs? Your options explained
Under 35 and willing to share some of your eggs? We can offer you free freezing and a year’s storage in return.
Mother’s Day was just another reminder that I couldn’t get pregnant
“The one thing I had always wanted was children,” says Amber, who was 21 when she and partner Josh decided to try for a baby. “When it was confirmed that I had blocked fallopian tubes and we would need IVF I was devastated.”
Eating well to ease endometriosis symptoms
There is a role for diet in managing endometriosis. Sadly, endometriosis is an all-too-common condition…
Donating my eggs was something that I really wanted to do
Shona had two children before she was 23, unlike her own mother who tried for nine years to have her and a sister, so now Shona is donating her eggs to bring good fortune to another couple.
Amazing Grace: mum of the world’s first ‘test-tube’ boy, who paved the way for IVF treatment
When Grace was told she was infertile in 1974, there was nothing that medicine could do. Determined to have a chance of a child, she signed up in secret to a pioneering research programme led by Patrick Steptoe, Robert Edwards and Jean Purdy.
IVF or IUI? The dilemma for single women
As a single woman ‘going it alone’ to have a baby you need to choose between IUI or IVF fertility treatment. Both have benefits and disadvantages, so consultant Dr Valentina Mauro will be discussing the options with members of Fertility Network’s Single Women’s Fertility Group.
Holding it together – Jenna & Shaun share their journey
Shaun vividly remembers the telephone call when he was told by the hospital he had no sperm: “I remember just kind of reeling and my head was spinning.”
Becoming an egg donor has changed my life – I hope it changes someone else’s
Lisa didn’t realise that she could donate her eggs until a friend going through IVF…
EmbryoGlue could increase IVF birth rates by 7%, research reveals
IVF live birth rates could be improved by seven per cent through the addition of Hyaluronic acid (HA) to the embryo transfer media, a paper in Human Reproduction has found. Therefore, Bourn Hall is to offer ‘EmbryoGlue’ as an option to its self-funded patients and closely monitor the outcomes.
HFEA issues guidance about ‘Add-ons’ – additional treatments of benefit to some
Add-ons are optional treatments that may provide benefits to some groups of patients but do…
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Patient reviews you can trust
Genuine experiences from real patients. See why so many trust us with their fertility care.
“We went to an open evening at Bourn Hall Wickford and came away feeling really positive about the place. The staff were really friendly and the presentation was clear about the statistics regarding success rates and live birth rates; their data was very transparent. We came away feeling like we would really be looked after.”
Katy and Leigh are parents to Charlie after IVF
Patient 2023
“We chose to make an appointment at Bourn Hall Wickford because of the favourable reviews. When we got there and met the staff they were just so lovely, making us feel welcome and explaining to us what tests would need to be done and what our options were; we just thought ‘yes, let’s get the ball rolling!”
Jess and Fran are mums to Nathan after IVF with donor sperm
Patient 2023